Patents by Inventor Yukio Chihara
Yukio Chihara 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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Patent number: 6724112Abstract: A cup ring and a holding-plate are disposed at each side of a front bracket of a stator of a motor, to fix in place an outer ring of a front ball-bearing of the rotor of the motor in order to prevent creep between a bearing housing and the outer ring. A thickness of a bearing shim is adjusted such that a distance between an end portion of a tube section of the cup ring and a first end face of the outer ring is less than 0.1 mm. The holding plate is temporarily fixed to a given place of the motor shaft, and then screwed down thereto with a screw, so that the holding plate moves and solidly contacts the outer ring of the front ball bearing. An outer diameter of the motor shaft extending between the given place and the bearing is smaller than a center hole of the holding plate such that the holding plate does not contact the motor shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Chihara, Mizuo Komine, Hiroshi Kitamura, Takeshi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Wada
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Patent number: 6577034Abstract: A spline is provided on a hollow shaft, and the key in the spline can couple directly a shaft to be driven of an external apparatus. Screw blocks rotational torque, thus screw is desirably located as far as possible from output shaft. Although the location is not illustrated, an anti-revolving function is desirably provided on the housing surface at the farthest place from the output shaft so that less force is required for fixedly securing the geared motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kitamura, Keita Nakaguro, Masaharu Miyagawa, Mizuo Komine, Shoichi Kubo, Yukio Chihara
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Publication number: 20020185927Abstract: Cup ring 8 and holding-plate 11, disposed at each side of front bracket 7, sandwich tightly an outer ring of front ball-bearing 10 in order to prevent creep between a bearing housing and the outer ring. A thickness of bearing shim 12 is adjusted such that an axial clearance between the front ball-bearing and a rear ball-bearing falls within a range from 0.02 to 0.1 mm. Holding plate 11 is temporarily fixed to a given place of motor shaft 1, then screwed down thereto with screw 14, so that plate 11 moves and solidly contacts with the outer ring of front ball bearing 10. An outer diameter of shaft 1 extending between the given place and bearing 10 is smaller than a center hole of holding plate 11, thus plate 11 does not touch shaft 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Yukio Chihara, Mizuo Komine, Hiroshi Kitamura, Takeshi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Wada
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Patent number: 6302798Abstract: A torque transmitter includes (a) a driver, (b) torque transmitting means for transmitting the torque generated by the driver to a follower, (c) a rotary body on the follower side, and (d) a torque reducer that reduces (or discontinues) the torque transmission when excessive torque over a threshold torque value is loaded to the rotary body on the follower side, and the torque limiter has different threshold-torque-values responsive to rotating directions of the rotary body.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keita Nakaguro, Satoru Watanabe, Yukio Chihara, Mizuo Komine, Yasuji Echizen, Shoichi Kubo
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Patent number: 5697152Abstract: A vortex flow blower used as an air source to be incorporated into general industrial machines. The vortex flow blower is characterized in that the shape of the blade in its impeller is three dimensionally formed such that at least the inner portion of the blade can be adapted to the three dimensional internal flow. According to the present invention, the aerodynamic performance can be significantly improved and the size of a vortex flow blower can be reduced. Furthermore, an impeller having three dimensionally shaped blades is manufactured by independently manufacturing the shroud and the blades and coupling them, so that the impeller of a complicated shape can be readily manufactured. Furthermore, since the blade can be made of a thin and light material, the secondary moment of inertia of the impeller can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1994Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Yamazaki, Eiichi Ito, Hiroshi Asabuki, Masayuki Fujio, Hajime Fujita, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kanzi Mizutani, Yuichi Nakatsuhama, Yukio Makuta, Kazuo Yanagiya, Tomoya Tamura
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Patent number: 5536139Abstract: A vortex flow blower used as an air source to be incorporated into general industrial machines. The vortex flow blower is characterized in that the shape of the blade in its impeller is three dimensionally formed such that at least the inner portion of the blade can be adapted to the three dimensional internal flow. According to the present invention, the aerodynamic performance can be significantly improved and the size of a vortex flow blower can be reduced. Furthermore, an impeller having three dimensionally shaped blades is manufactured by independently manufacturing the shroud and the blades and coupling them, so that the impeller of a complicated shape can be readily manufactured. Furthermore, since the blade can be made of a thin and light material, the secondary moment of inertia of the impeller can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1994Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Yamazaki, Eiichi Ito, Hiroshi Asabuki, Masayuki Fujio, Hajime Fujita, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kanzi Mizutani, Yuichi Nakatsuhama, Yukio Makuta, Kazuo Yanagiya, Tomoya Tamura
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Patent number: 5395210Abstract: A vortex flow blower used as an air source to be incorporated into general industrial machines. The vortex flow blower is characterized in that the shape of the blade in its impeller is three dimensionally formed such that at least the inner portion of the blade can be adapted to the three dimensional internal flow. According to the present invention, the aerodynamic performance can be significantly improved and the size of a vortex flow blower can be reduced. Furthermore, an impeller having three dimensionally shaped blades is manufactured by independently manufacturing the shroud and the blades and coupling them, so that the impeller of a complicated shape can be readily manufactured. Furthermore, since the blade can be made of a thin and light material, the secondary moment of inertia of the impeller can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Yamazaki, Eiichi Ito, Hiroshi Asabuki, Masayuki Fujio, Hajime Fujita, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara, Hiromoto Ashihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kanzi Mizutani, Yuichi Nakatsuhama, Yukio Makuta, Kazuo Yanagiya, Tomoya Tamura
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Patent number: D327316Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1991Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiharu Yoshidomi, Takeshi Abe, Eiichi Ito, Masayuki Fujio, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kengo Hasegawa, Yukio Chihara