Patents by Inventor Yuji Omura

Yuji Omura 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).

  • Publication number: 20230374995
    Abstract: A motor drive control device has a control circuit that generates a drive control signal for controlling a rotational speed of a motor based on a speed command signal indicating a target rotational speed of the motor, and a motor driving unit that drives the motor based on the drive control signal. The control circuit performs speed feedback control for generating the drive control signal so that the rotational speed of the motor coincides with the target rotational speed when the target rotational speed is lower than a rotational speed threshold value, and generates the drive control signal based on a relationship between current flowing through the motor and a reference current value when the target rotational speed is higher than the rotational speed threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masato AOKI, Yuji OMURA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11754084
    Abstract: A motor drive control device has a control circuit that generates a drive control signal for controlling a rotational speed of a motor based on a speed command signal indicating a target rotational speed of the motor, and a motor driving unit that drives the motor based on the drive control signal. The control circuit performs speed feedback control for generating the drive control signal so that the rotational speed of the motor coincides with the target rotational speed when the target rotational speed is lower than a rotational speed threshold value, and generates the drive control signal based on a relationship between current flowing through the motor and a reference current value when the target rotational speed is higher than the rotational speed threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Aoki, Yuji Omura, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11022137
    Abstract: A fan device 1 includes a second housing 12 and a hub 27. The hub 27 includes a hub body part 272 and a hub outer peripheral wall part 271. The hub body part 272 is a surface extending in the radial direction orthogonal to the direction of the axis x, and the hub body part 272 covers the motor 20 from the upper side “a” in the direction of an axis c. The hub outer peripheral wall part 271 extends from the end portion of the hub body part 272 toward the lower side “b” from the upper side “a” in the direction of the axis x. Assuming that the outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the hub outer peripheral wall part 271 is “a1”, and the outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the base outer peripheral wall part 124 is “b1”, 1.05<b1/a1<1.13 is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Yuma Ohno, Yuji Omura
  • Patent number: 10944351
    Abstract: A motor drive control device capable of reducing the occurrence of vibration in a simple circuit configuration is provided. The motor drive control device (1) includes a motor drive unit (2) that selectively energizes coils with a plurality of phases (Lu, Lv and Lw) of a motor (20) and a control circuit (4) that outputs a drive control signal (Sd) which is a PWM signal to the motor drive unit (2) and thereby controls driving of the motor (20) while switching energization phases of the coils with the plurality of phases (Lu, Lv and Lw) energized by the motor drive unit (2) in predetermined order. The control circuit (4) executes reduction control to temporarily reduce a duty ratio of the drive control signal (Sd) every time a period of 1/m (m is an integer of 2 or more) of a switching cycle of the energization phases elapses after switching the energization phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Yuji Omura, Tomoyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210010484
    Abstract: A fan device 1 includes a second housing 12 and a hub 27. The hub 27 includes a hub body part 272 and a hub outer peripheral wall part 271. The hub body part 272 is a surface extending in the radial direction orthogonal to the direction of the axis x, and the hub body part 272 covers the motor 20 from the upper side “a” in the direction of an axis c. The hub outer peripheral wall part 271 extends from the end portion of the hub body part 272 toward the lower side “b” from the upper side “a” in the direction of the axis x. Assuming that the outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the hub outer peripheral wall part 271 is “a1”, and the outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the base outer peripheral wall part 124 is “b1”, 1.05<b1/a1<1.13 is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma OHNO, Yuji OMURA
  • Publication number: 20200284266
    Abstract: A motor drive control device has a control circuit that generates a drive control signal for controlling a rotational speed of a motor based on a speed command signal indicating a target rotational speed of the motor, and a motor driving unit that drives the motor based on the drive control signal. The control circuit performs speed feedback control for generating the drive control signal so that the rotational speed of the motor coincides with the target rotational speed when the target rotational speed is lower than a rotational speed threshold value, and generates the drive control signal based on a relationship between current flowing through the motor and a reference current value when the target rotational speed is higher than the rotational speed threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masato AOKI, Yuji OMURA, Takahiro SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200244207
    Abstract: A motor drive control device capable of reducing the occurrence of vibration in a simple circuit configuration is provided. The motor drive control device (1) includes a motor drive unit (2) that selectively energizes coils with a plurality of phases (Lu, Lv and Lw) of a motor (20) and a control circuit (4) that outputs a drive control signal (Sd) which is a PWM signal to the motor drive unit (2) and thereby controls driving of the motor (20) while switching energization phases of the coils with the plurality of phases (Lu, Lv and Lw) energized by the motor drive unit (2) in predetermined order. The control circuit (4) executes reduction control to temporarily reduce a duty ratio of the drive control signal (Sd) every time a period of 1/m (m is an integer of 2 or more) of a switching cycle of the energization phases elapses after switching the energization phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Yuji OMURA, Tomoyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9941826
    Abstract: A motor drive control device drives a motor including a plurality of phase coils and a rotor rotatably supported with respect to the plurality of phase coils, and the motor drive control device includes a controller, which generates a drive control signal; a motor driver, which outputs a drive signal to each of the phase coils of the motor, based on the drive control signal; and a back-electromotive-voltage detector, which is connected to each of the phase coils and includes resistive voltage dividing circuits having respectively different voltage-dividing ratios, wherein the back-electromotive-voltage detector detects a rotational position of a rotor for sensorless driving by using the resistive voltage dividing circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Yuji Omura
  • Patent number: 9742327
    Abstract: A motor drive controller includes: a motor driver that applies a voltage to each phase of a motor to rotate; a rotational position detector that detects rotational position of the motor and generates rotational position information indicating the rotational position; and a controller that outputs, to the motor driver, driving control signals for repeatedly adjusting an advance angle and a lag angle at energization switching of the each phase of the motor in a prescribed pattern based on the rotational position information generated by the rotational position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Yuji Omura, Kouji Kebukawa, Masato Aoki
  • Publication number: 20170155348
    Abstract: A motor drive control device drives a motor including a plurality of phase coils and a rotor rotatably supported with respect to the plurality of phase coils, and the motor drive control device includes a controller, which generates a drive control signal; a motor driver, which outputs a drive signal to each of the phase coils of the motor, based on the drive control signal; and a back-electromotive-voltage detector, which is connected to each of the phase coils and includes resistive voltage dividing circuits having respectively different voltage-dividing ratios, wherein the back-electromotive-voltage detector detects a rotational position of a rotor for sensorless driving by using the resistive voltage dividing circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Yuji OMURA
  • Publication number: 20160336894
    Abstract: A motor drive controller includes: a motor driver that applies a voltage to each phase of a motor to rotate; a rotational position detector that detects rotational position of the motor and generates rotational position information indicating the rotational position; and a controller that outputs, to the motor driver, driving control signals for repeatedly adjusting an advance angle and a lag angle at energization switching of the each phase of the motor in a prescribed pattern based on the rotational position information generated by the rotational position detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIDU, Yuji OMURA, Kouji KEBUKAWA, Masato AOKI
  • Patent number: 9484774
    Abstract: A single-phase brushless motor has both superior start-up stability and low cogging torque. In the outer-rotor-type single-phase brushless motor, when a gap width between the rotor and one edge of the salient pole surface is defined as d1, a gap width between the rotor and the other edge of the salient pole surface is defined as d2, and a minimum gap width between the rotor and the salient pole surface is defined as d3, the formula d3<d1<d2 is satisfied, and the gap width is d3 at a position shifted toward the one edge of the salient pole surface from the center of the arc shape which forms the salient pole surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Omura, Tomoaki Nakano, Masaaki Nishizawa, Takahiro Sakaguchi, Shinichi Uchikawa, Tomoyuki Tsukada
  • Patent number: 8681453
    Abstract: A disk driving apparatus includes a base member, a hub member, and a fluid bearing unit. The base member has a head movement region on which a head unit is to be mounted such that a head portion of the head unit can be moved along the radial direction of a recording face in a reciprocating manner while facing the recording face of a recording disk to be mounted on the hub member, and a recessed housing portion housing the fluid bearing unit such that it surrounds at least a part of a rotor unit supported by the fluid bearing unit. Furthermore, the base member has an inhibiting wall at a boundary between the head movement region and the recessed housing portion so as to prevent a lubricant fluid from migrating toward the recording disk side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kitamura, Yuji Omura, Aikra Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8665556
    Abstract: A sleeve supports a shaft. A housing member is arranged so as to surround the sleeve and make the end of the sleeve protrude. A base member holds the housing member and fixes a stator core so as to surround the housing member. A hub drives a recording disk by being rotated integrally with the shaft, with a magnet being fixed to an annular portion concentric with the shaft so as to face the stator core fixed to the base member. A thrust member is rotated integrally with the hub, and a descender portion and a ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Yamada, Yuji Omura, Mitsuo Kodama
  • Publication number: 20130342933
    Abstract: A disk driving apparatus includes a base member, a hub member, and a fluid bearing unit. The base member has a head movement region on which a head unit is to be mounted such that a head portion of the head unit can be moved along the radial direction of a recording face in a reciprocating manner while facing the recording face of a recording disk to be mounted on the hub member, and a recessed housing portion housing the fluid bearing unit such that it surrounds at least a part of a rotor unit supported by the fluid bearing unit. Furthermore, the base member has an inhibiting wall at a boundary between the head movement region and the recessed housing portion so as to prevent a lubricant fluid from migrating toward the recording disk side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo KITAMURA, Yuji OMURA, Aikra SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20130300249
    Abstract: A single-phase brushless motor has both superior start-up stability and low cogging torque. In the outer-rotor-type single-phase brushless motor, when a gap width between the rotor and one edge of the salient pole surface is defined as d1, a gap width between the rotor and the other edge of the salient pole surface is defined as d2, and a minimum gap width between the rotor and the salient pole surface is defined as d3, the formula d3<d1<d2 is satisfied, and the gap width is d3 at a position shifted toward the one edge of the salient pole surface from the center of the arc shape which forms the salient pole surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji OMURA, Tomoaki NAKANO, Masaaki NISHIZAWA, Takahiro SAKAGUCHI, Shinichi UCHIKAWA, Tomoyuki TSUKADA
  • Patent number: 8553354
    Abstract: A disk driving apparatus includes a base member, a hub member, and a fluid bearing unit. The base member has a head movement region on which a head unit is to be mounted such that a head portion of the head unit can be moved along the radial direction of a recording face in a reciprocating manner while facing the recording face of a recording disk to be mounted on the hub member, and a recessed housing portion housing the fluid bearing unit such that it surrounds at least a part of a rotor unit supported by the fluid bearing unit. Furthermore, the base member has an inhibiting wall at a boundary between the head movement region and the recessed housing portion so as to prevent a lubricant fluid from migrating toward the recording disk side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Kitamura, Yuji Omura, Aikra Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130215531
    Abstract: A sleeve supports a shaft. A housing member is arranged so as to surround the sleeve and make the end of the sleeve protrude. A base member holds the housing member and fixes a stator core so as to surround the housing member. A hub drives a recording disk by being rotated integrally with the shaft, with a magnet being fixed to an annular portion concentric with the shaft so as to face the stator core fixed to the base member. A thrust member is rotated integrally with the hub, and a descender portion and a ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Yamada, Yuji Omura, Mitsuo Kodama
  • Patent number: 8427778
    Abstract: A sleeve supports a shaft. A housing member is arranged so as to surround the sleeve and make the end of the sleeve protrude. A base member holds the housing member and fixes a stator core so as to surround the housing member. A hub drives a recording disk by being rotated integrally with the shaft, with a magnet being fixed to an annular portion concentric with the shaft so as to face the stator core fixed to the base member. A thrust member is rotated integrally with the hub, and a descender portion and a ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Yamada, Yuji Omura, Mitsuo Kodama
  • Publication number: 20130083431
    Abstract: A disk driving apparatus includes a base member, a hub member, and a fluid bearing unit. The base member has a head movement region on which a head unit is to be mounted such that a head portion of the head unit can be moved along the radial direction of a recording face in a reciprocating manner while facing the recording face of a recording disk to be mounted on the hub member, and a recessed housing portion housing the fluid bearing unit such that it surrounds at least a part of a rotor unit supported by the fluid bearing unit. Furthermore, the base member has an inhibiting wall at a boundary between the head movement region and the recessed housing portion so as to prevent a lubricant fluid from migrating toward the recording disk side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo KITAMURA, Yuji OMURA, Aikra SUZUKI