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: 20130000106
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a disk drive device including: assembling a subassembly by fixing at least a bearing unit, a drive unit and a hub to a base member in a first clean room; cleaning the subassembly in a second clean room; and sealing the subassembly by a sealing member. The first clean room and the second clean room are communicated with each other by a communicating opening for transferring the subassembly, and an atmospheric pressure in the second clean room is equal to or higher than that in the first clean room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Omura, Kenji Nishihara
  • Patent number: 8312617
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a disk drive device including: assembling a subassembly by fixing at least a bearing unit, a drive unit and a hub to a base member in a first clean room; cleaning the subassembly in a second clean room; and sealing the subassembly by a sealing member. The first clean room and the second clean room are communicated with each other by a communicating opening for transferring the subassembly, and an atmospheric pressure in the second clean room is equal to or higher than that in the first clean room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Alphana Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Omura, Kenji Nishihara
  • Patent number: 8300353
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a shaft and a hub as a conductive rotating body that supports a recording disk. Also, the bearing unit includes a conductive resin housing configured to surround at least part of the shaft to support the shaft and to be able to conduct electricity to the recording disk via the shaft. The conductive resin housing includes a conductive adhesive to be applied to secure conduction with the base housing. The conductive resin housing has an exposed portion where the inner layer of the conductive resin housing is exposed, at a position to which the conductive adhesive is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Alphana Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tashiro, Yuji Omura
  • Publication number: 20120262822
    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: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji YAMADA, Yuji OMURA, Mitsuo KODAMA
  • Patent number: 8250735
    Abstract: A motor adopting an improved mechanism is composed of a stator having a shaft and a rotor provided with a sleeve and a hub, wherein the shaft is inserted into the hub and the hub is fixed on an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve. The outer circumferential surface of the sleeve is provided with a first outer circumferential surface, a second outer circumferential surface and a receiving surface that links between the first and second outer circumferential surfaces. The hub is provided with a base section, a through hole and a first protruded section protruding downward from the base section. A tip end portion of the first protruded section is provided with a hitting surface that contacts with the receiving surface of the sleeve and a second protruded section that links to the contacting surface and protrudes downward from the contacting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Alphana Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kodama, Yuji Omura
  • Patent number: 8243383
    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: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Alphana Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Yamada, Yuji Omura, Mitsuo Kodama
  • Publication number: 20110116188
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes a shaft and a hub as a conductive rotating body that supports a recording disk. Also, the bearing unit includes a conductive resin housing configured to surround at least part of the shaft to support the shaft and to be able to conduct electricity to the recording disk via the shaft. The conductive resin housing includes a conductive adhesive to be applied to secure conduction with the base housing. The conductive resin housing has an exposed portion where the inner layer of the conductive resin housing is exposed, at a position to which the conductive adhesive is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tashiro, Yuji Omura
  • Publication number: 20110063964
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a disk drive device including: assembling a subassembly by fixing at least a bearing unit, a drive unit and a hub to a base member in a first clean room; cleaning the subassembly in a second clean room; and sealing the subassembly by a sealing member. The first clean room and the second clean room are communicated with each other by a communicating opening for transferring the subassembly, and an atmospheric pressure in the second clean room is equal to or higher than that in the first clean room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Omura, Kenji Nishihara
  • Publication number: 20100195248
    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: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ALPHANA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji YAMADA, Yuji OMURA, Mitsuo KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20100146772
    Abstract: A motor adopting an improved mechanism is composed of a stator having a shaft and a rotor provided with a sleeve and a hub, wherein the shaft is inserted into the hub and the hub is fixed on an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve. The outer circumferential surface of the sleeve is provided with a first outer circumferential surface, a second outer circumferential surface and a receiving surface that links between the first and second outer circumferential surfaces. The hub is provided with a base section, a through hole and a first protruded section protruding downward from the base section. A tip end portion of the first protruded section is provided with a hitting surface that contacts with the receiving surface of the sleeve and a second protruded section that links to the contacting surface and protrudes downward from the contacting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: ALPHANA Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kodama, Yuji Omura
  • Publication number: 20090001844
    Abstract: A motor adopting an improved mechanism is composed of a stator having a shaft and a rotor provided with a sleeve and a hub, wherein the shaft is inserted into the hub and the hub is fixed on an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve. The outer circumferential surface of the sleeve is provided with a first outer circumferential surface, a second outer circumferential surface and a receiving surface that links between the first and second outer circumferential surfaces. The hub is provided with a base section, a through hole and a first protruded section protruding downward from the base section. A tip end portion of the first protruded section is provided with a hitting surface that contacts with the receiving surface of the sleeve and a second protruded section that links to the contacting surface and protrudes downward from the contacting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: ALPHANA Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kodama, Yuji Omura