Patents Assigned to Nidec Tosok Corporation
  • Patent number: 11522404
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor which has a rotor having a motor shaft extending along a central axis and a stator facing the rotor in a radial direction, a motor case for housing the motor, and a deceleration mechanism coupled to one axial side of the motor shaft. The motor case has a case cylinder portion, a lid for covering, and a plurality of screws. The case cylinder portion has a plurality of screw fixing portions. The lid has a top plate portion, an outer cylinder portion which surrounds the case cylinder portion from a radial outer side, an annular groove portion, and a seal member which seals the opening portion of the case cylinder portion. In the lid, an axial thickness of a region which overlaps the annular groove portion as viewed in the axial direction is larger than an axial thickness of the top plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Kinjo, Hiroshi Shirai, Yutaka Uematsu
  • Patent number: 11512774
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft; a pump part that is positioned on one side of the motor part and is driven by the motor part via the shaft and discharges oil; and a control part configured to control an operation of the motor part, wherein the motor part includes a rotor, a stator disposed to face the rotor, and a motor housing, wherein the pump part includes a pump rotor and a pump housing having a housing part, wherein the control part includes a plurality of electronic components and a board, the plurality of electronic components include a heat generating component, wherein the motor housing has a cylindrical part and a plurality of heat dissipating fins that extend from the cylindrical part, wherein the board has a first surface and a second surface, and the heat generating component is mounted on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11486484
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a housing that accommodates the motor, an inverter electrically connected to the motor, an inverter case that accommodates the inverter, an auxiliary device provided in a lower portion of the housing to oppose a road surface, a wire harness that includes a first connector connected to a connector provided in the inverter case, a second connector connected to a connector provided in the auxiliary device, and an electric wire connecting the first connector and the second connector, and a lower connector cover provided in the lower portion of the housing and covering the second connector from a lower side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Nakamatsu, Keisuke Fukunaga, Naohiro Wada, Masumi Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11480261
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic valve capable of preventing damage due to wear while preventing an increase in weight of a valve element. The electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a plunger movably supported along an axial direction, a flow path member having a fluid passage flow path and a valve element housing portion, and a valve element disposed in the valve element housing portion and movable along the axial direction together with the plunger. The valve element includes a body part, a valve part that opens and closes the fluid passage flow path as the plunger moves, and a pin in a rod-like shape that passes through the body part along the axial direction. The body part is provided with at least one opening that opens in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction and through which the pin is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakanishi, Takashi Takai
  • Publication number: 20220320974
    Abstract: An electric pump includes: a motor including a shaft; a pump mechanism coupled to an axial one side of the shaft; a circuit substrate located outward in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft, and a housing capable of accommodating the motor and the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate includes a plate surface facing the shaft and following the axial direction. The housing includes a motor housing part, a substrate housing part, a pump housing part, and an attachment plate part located outward in a radial direction. The attachment plate part includes an attachment surface facing the shaft and following the axial direction. The motor and the pump mechanism are located on an inner angle side of an angle at which a third surface including the plate surface and a fourth surface including the attachment surface intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzo NAGAI, Shigehiro KATAOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11462963
    Abstract: An electric pump device includes a motor having a rotor and a stator portions, a pump portion and a housing. The stator portion has a stator core, and coils each having a winding portion and a crossover portion. The housing has a housing body portion having a tubular shape and extending in the axial direction, and a flange portion expanding radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the housing body portion. The flange portion has an end surface that faces toward one side in the axial direction and is disposed in the axial direction between a first and a second virtual plane. The first and the second virtual planes pass through parts of the stator core, the winding portion, and the crossover portion located respectively closest to one and the other sides in the axial direction and expanding in a direction perpendicular to a central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sakamoto, Koji Higuchi, Kunihiro Kajita, Tomokazu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11431220
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a housing that houses the motor, an inverter that is electrically connected to the motor, an inverter case that houses the inverter and is provided integrally with the housing, a wire harness including a first connector electrically connected to a connector positioned on a side surface of the inverter case, a second connector electrically connected to a connector of the housing, and an electric wire electrically connecting the first connector and the second connector, and a side connector cover provided over the side surface of the inverter case, covering the first connector laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Nakamatsu, Keisuke Fukunaga, Naohiro Wada, Masumi Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11415238
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a mover that is able to move in a predetermined direction. The mover includes a valve body part including a valve body base part and an annular elastic body. The valve body base part includes a large diameter part and a small diameter part connected via a step difference. The annular elastic body includes a first contact surface, a second contact surface in contact with a step difference surface in the step difference, and a sealing projecting part that is able to come into contact with a peripheral edge part of an opening part of a first flow path in the predetermined direction. The sealing projecting part surrounds the opening part when seen in the predetermined direction. The sealing projecting part, the second contact surface, and the step difference surface are at least partially superimposed on each other when seen in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakanishi, Yuji Takada, Hiroki Shimizu, Naoki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11408485
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor with a motor shaft extending along a central axis, a speed reducer connected to the motor shaft, an output portion including an output shaft portion, a rotation detector to detect rotation of the output portion, a case, a first bearing to connect the motor shaft to the output portion to be rotatable with respect to each other, and a second bearing to rotatably support the output portion with respect to the case. A support tubular portion into which the second bearing is fitted is provided at a portion of an inner surface of the case on one side in the axial direction for the speed reducer. The first bearing, the output portion, the second bearing and the support tubular portion overlap each other when seen in a radial direction. At least a portion of the rotation detector faces an outward side of the support tubular portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Kinjo, Yutaka Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20220243799
    Abstract: A gearbox and a motor driver having the gearbox are provided. The gearbox includes: a first gear, configured to be rotatable around a first gear shaft parallel to a first direction; a second gear, configured to be rotatable around a second gear shaft parallel to the first gear shaft, and the second gear engages with the first gear, and an outer diameter of the second gear is larger than an outer diameter of the first gear; a parking gear portion, configured to be rotatable around the second gear shaft; a rotation prevention member, configured to be movable between a position where the rotation prevention member is interposed between teeth of the parking gear portion and a position where the rotation prevention member is not interposed between the teeth of the parking gear portion; and a transmission mechanism, configured to transmit a driving force to the rotation prevention member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa OKUHATA
  • Patent number: 11401844
    Abstract: A blow-by gas leak diagnostic device includes a first PCV flow path, a second PCV flow path, a fresh air inlet, a pressure measurement unit, a first valve that opens and closes the first PCV flow path, a second valve that opens and closes the second PCV flow path, a third valve that opens and closes the fresh air inlet, a valve control unit, and a leak diagnosis unit. The valve control unit controls an opening degree of the third valve when a downstream side of an intake manifold with respect to a throttle valve has a negative pressure, and the second valve is in a closed state. The leak diagnosis unit diagnoses presence or absence of a leak in the first PCV flow path on the basis of an inner pressure of the first PCV flow path measured by the pressure measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikao Komaki, Ryota Ito
  • Patent number: 11398762
    Abstract: An electric pump device is provided. The electric pump device includes a motor, an inverter substrate electrically connected to the motor, a housing for housing the motor and the inverter substrate, and a pump portion driven by power of the motor. The housing includes a motor housing portion for housing the motor and an inverter housing portion for housing the inverter substrate. The motor housing portion has strut portions which extend inside the inverter housing portion and fixed to the inverter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitoshi Sakamoto, Tomohiro Sakata, Chisato Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11398761
    Abstract: A motor includes: a housing that accommodates a stator that has a field coil and a rotor; an inverter that is provided in the housing; a voltage boosting circuit that has a reactor provided in the housing; and a coolant flow path that is provided at a position at which the coolant flow path overlaps with the inverter and the voltage boosting circuit in the housing in a diameter direction, and the inverter has a control board that controls a drive current or a drive voltage and a drive element that is provided on the side of the housing with respect to the control board and supplies power to the field coil in accordance with control from the control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Okuhata, Tadayuki Hatsuda
  • Patent number: 11394275
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor having a motor shaft disposed along a central axis which extends in an axial direction, and a cooling unit which cools the motor, wherein the cooling unit includes a first suction port configured to suction a first refrigerant which cools the motor, a first discharge port configured to discharge the first refrigerant suctioned from the first suction port, a second suction port configured to suction a second refrigerant which cools the first refrigerant by exchanging heat with the first refrigerant, and a second discharge port configured to discharge the second refrigerant suctioned from the second suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Okuhata
  • Patent number: 11378070
    Abstract: A controller of a motor control device increases a voltage to be applied to a coil based on a control signal calculated from an estimated rotation speed, when the estimated rotation speed becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined rotation speed, increases the voltage to be applied to the coil based on a control signal calculated from an actual rotation speed, in a case where the actual rotation speed is lower than the predetermined rotation speed when the estimated rotation speed becomes higher than the predetermined rotation speed, and decreases the voltage to be applied to the coil based on a control signal calculated from the actual rotation speed, in a case where the actual rotation speed is higher than the predetermined rotation speed when the estimated rotation speed becomes higher than the predetermined rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Sato, Yuichi Hibi, Yasuhiro Shirai
  • Publication number: 20220196180
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a plunger; a flow path member including a fluid passage flow path having a first flow path, a second flow path, and a relay flow path which is disposed between the first flow path and the second flow path and which connects the first flow path and the second flow path, and a cylindrical space; a valve body movably disposed in the cylindrical space; and a spring which is disposed concentrically with the valve body on an outer peripheral side of the valve body in the cylindrical space and urges the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko NAKANISHI, Dongming CHEN, Satoshi YABUSHITA
  • Patent number: 11362572
    Abstract: An electronic board includes a board, and includes on the board: a power input part inputting power output from an in-vehicle power supply; a drive circuit driving a drive source; a controller controlling driving of the drive source performed by the drive circuit; and a drive command signal input part inputting a drive command signal transmitted from outside. The electronic board further includes on the board: a drive command signal detection circuit capable of detecting the drive command signal, and controlling whether to supply the power input to the power input part to the controller based on whether the drive command signal is detected; and a voltage varying part varying a voltage from the power input part and outputting a varied voltage to the drive command signal detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusaku Seki
  • Patent number: 11339892
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a bobbin, a plunger and a coil; a flow path member having a first flow path, a second flow path, a relay flow path and a valve body housing; a valve body movably disposed in the valve body housing; and a spring disposed in the valve body housing and urging the valve body, wherein the valve body further includes a plurality of guide parts which are provided at different positions along the axial direction and which are guided on an inner wall surface of the valve body housing, and a taper part which is provided between the plurality of guide parts and whose outer diameter decreases toward the one side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakanishi, Dongming Chen, Satoshi Yabushita
  • Patent number: 11339780
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor including a shaft, a pump driven with the shaft therebetween, and an inverter fixed to a rear side of the motor. The motor includes a motor housing. The inverter includes an inverter housing including a circuit board accommodation portion. The inverter housing includes bus bars that connect coil ends inside the circuit board accommodation portion and extending from the motor and a circuit board to each other. The motor housing includes a bottomed cylindrical shape including a bottom portion on the inverter side. The inverter housing includes a fixed portion that is fixed to the bottom portion. The fixed portion is fixed to the bottom portion using fixing members, and the fixing members are disposed within a region surrounded by bus bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11333050
    Abstract: In an electric oil pump, a motor includes a main body including a coil, bus bars electrically connected to lead wires of the coil, and a shaft including a portion on one side in an axial direction protruding from an end of the main body on the one side in the axial direction and connected to a pump, a control board includes a power supply input portion and a power supply output portion and is disposed in a posture in which any one of a first surface and a second surface of the control board lies in the axial direction, the power supply input portion is at an end portion of the control board on the other side in the axial direction, and bus bar terminals are disposed on one side of the main body in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shigehiro Kataoka