Patents by Inventor Akira Fukushima

Akira Fukushima 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: 10395820
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20190225551
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a ceramic matrix composite, having a woven fabric that has multiple fiber bundles and having a matrix that is disposed in the gaps between the fiber bundles, includes: a green body formation step for forming a green body by sintering the woven fabric infiltrated with a polymer that is a precursor to the matrix; and a densification step for further infiltrating the green body with a polymer and sintering same. The densification step includes: a second infiltration step for further infiltrating the green body with a polymer so as to form an infiltrated green body; a drying step for drying the infiltrated green body so as to form a dried green body; a steam treatment step for leaving the dried green body under saturation water vapor pressure so as to form a treated green body; and a sintering step for sintering the treated green body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kosuke NISHIKAWA, Akira FUKUSHIMA, Ryoma NOGAMI, Azusa TAMUGI
  • Publication number: 20190148059
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro NOGI, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20190149004
    Abstract: Each of phase windings includes parallel windings for each phase connected together in parallel, and the parallel windings include power-wire partial windings connected to a power supply side, neutral-line partial windings connected to a neutral point, and at least one of a set of 5-pitch and 7-pitch jumper wires, the power-wire partial windings, the neutral-wire partial windings, and the jumper wires being included in the plurality of partial windings forming the parallel windings. For two of the three phases, each of the 5-pitch jumper wires and a corresponding one of the 7-pitch jumper wires overlap each other, and for the remaining single phase, two of the 5-pitch jumper wires are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction, and each of the power-wire partial windings is adjacent to another power-wire partial winding for an identical phase or to a corresponding one of the neutral-line partial windings for a different phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito TAMURA, Akira FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10210991
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10173281
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are bonded structures and methods of forming the same. One embodiment of a bonded structure comprises first and second metallic layers and a bonding interface between the first and second metallic layers formed by diffusion and comprising a layer of at least one intermetallic compound. The intermetallic compound layer is formed in an area 52% or greater of an area of the bonding interface and has a thickness of 0.5 to 3.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Shigeyuki Nakagawa, Akira Fukushima, Sadao Yanagida, Chika Sugi
  • Publication number: 20180330873
    Abstract: A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the second coil conductor has a different shape than the first coil conductor and the third coil conductor. In the embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In the embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro NOGI, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Patent number: 10096422
    Abstract: One object is to reduce, in a common mode choke coil having three coil conductors, a deviation in stray capacities generated between the coil conductors. A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In said embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In said embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 10062500
    Abstract: One object is to reduce, in a common mode choke coil having three coil conductors, a deviation in stray capacities generated between the coil conductors. A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In said embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In said embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Kenichiro Nogi, Masayuki Shimizu, Akihiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9951426
    Abstract: A method for depositing a layer includes repeatedly performing a unit deposition process until the layer on a deposition target reaches a predetermined thickness. The unit deposition process includes (depositing the layer on the deposition target by a cold spray process while the deposition target is heated by a heater and heat treating the deposition target after the depositing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9932660
    Abstract: A method for depositing a layer includes repeatedly performing a unit deposition process until the layer on a deposition target reaches a predetermined thickness. The unit deposition process includes (A) placing the deposition target in a chamber, (B) providing a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or a vacuum atmosphere in the chamber, (C) depositing the layer on the deposition target by a cold spray process in the non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or the vacuum atmosphere, and (D) heat treating the deposition target after the depositing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20170365402
    Abstract: One object is to reduce, in a common mode choke coil having three coil conductors, a deviation in stray capacities generated between the coil conductors. A common mode choke coil according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first coil conductor, a second coil conductor, and a third coil conductor. In said embodiment, the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor extend parallel with each other in a first region in plan view as seen from an axial direction along the coil axis. In said embodiment, in the first region, when seen in a cross section cut along a plane including the coil axis, in an n-th turn, an arranging order of the first coil conductor, the second coil conductor, and the third coil conductor from an inner side in a radial direction thereof is inverted from that in an n+1th turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Kenichiro NOGI, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Akihiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20170353066
    Abstract: In a rotor for a rotary electric machine, a claw pole assembly includes first claw poles and second claw poles. An annular cover member covers the outer circumferential surfaces of the first and second claw poles. The pole cover segments and the inter-pole cover segments are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotor. Each of the pole cover segments has a circular-arc shape around a first center, and each of the inter-pole cover segments has a circular-arc shape around a second center different from the first center. The first circumferential width of each pole cover segment and the second circumferential width of a corresponding one of the inter-pole segment adjacent to the pole cover segment have a predetermined ratio. The predetermined ratio varies in an axial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira FUKUSHIMA, Yuuki TAKAHASHI, Makoto TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9677165
    Abstract: A film growing method includes: (A) attaching wall members to ends of a film grown surface of a base material; (B) growing a film on the film grown surface by a cold spray method; and (C) removing the wall members after a thickness of the grown film on the film grown surface becomes equal to a desired film thickness. It can be prevented that the side ends of the grown film are formed in a slope when a thick film is to be grown by using the cold spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9627935
    Abstract: A multi-gap rotating electric machine includes a rotor, a stator core and a stator coil. The stator core has inner and outer core parts respectively located radially inside and outside of the rotor and each having partially or fully closed slots. The stator coil is formed of electric conductor segments each having a first leg portion inserted in one of the slots of the inner core part, a second leg portion inserted in one of the slots of the outer core part, and a connecting portion connecting the first and second leg portions on one axial side of the rotor. The first and second leg portions respectively have radially inner and outer coil end parts formed on the opposite axial side to the connecting portion. Corresponding radially inner coil end parts are joined to each other, and corresponding radially outer coil end parts are joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Fukushima, Shin Kusase, Takeo Maekawa, Keiji Kondou
  • Patent number: 9550342
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a TiAl joined body includes: an arranging step and a heating step. The arranging step is a step of arranging a plurality of members which contains a TiAl intermetallic compound and insert materials which contain Ti as a major element, Cu and Ni such that each of the insert materials is inserted between two adjacent members of the plurality of members. The heating step is a step of heating the plurality of members and the insert materials in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature above melting points of the insert materials and below melting points of the plurality of members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Nishikawa, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20150376762
    Abstract: A method for depositing a layer has a step of repeatedly performing a unit deposition process until the layer on a deposition target reaches a predetermined thickness. The unit deposition process includes (A) a step of placing the deposition target in a chamber, (B) a step of providing a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or a vacuum atmosphere in the chamber, (C) depositing the layer on the deposition target by a cold spray process in the non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or the vacuum atmosphere, and (D) heat treating the deposition target after the depositing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SAITO, Noriyuki HIRAMATSU, Akira FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150368807
    Abstract: A method for depositing a layer has a step of repeatedly performing a unit deposition process until the layer on a deposition target reaches a predetermined thickness. The unit deposition process includes (A) a step of depositing the layer on the deposition target by a cold spray process while the deposition target is heated by a heater and (B) a step of heat treating the deposition target after said depositing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SAITO, Noriyuki HIRAMATSU, Akira FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150368779
    Abstract: A film growing method includes: (A) attaching wall members to ends of a film grown surface of a base material; (B) growing a film on the film grown surface by a cold spray method; and (C) removing the wall members after a thickness of the grown film on the film grown surface becomes equal to a desired film thickness. It can be prevented that the side ends of the grown film are formed in a slope when a thick film is to be grown by using the cold spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Noriyuki HIRAMATSU, Akira FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9162328
    Abstract: A brazing method includes fixing a padding plate on a base material such that the padding plate is arranged in a lower position from a groove formed in a repair region of the base material, and heating the base material such that a base material powder is melt, after a paste that base material 1 contains the base material powder which is formed from a same material as the base material is filled into the groove. The base material powder filled into groove can be prevented from flowing out from the groove even if being fused since the padding plate is arranged for the base material. Thus, a repair region can be repaired more appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Ogasahara, Kosuke Nishikawa, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Akira Fukushima