Patents by Inventor Kenji Funakoshi

Kenji Funakoshi 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: 20220385134
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor rotatable around an axis, a stator provided to surround the rotor and having a first side on one side, a connecting board, a bracket, connection pins electrically connected to the connecting board, a direct connection connector, and a main circuit connector. Stator windings are electrically connected the connecting board which is provided on the one side. The bracket has an opening and is provided on the one side to be connected to the stator so as to cover the connecting board and the first side of the stator. The direct connection connector is inserted into the opening such that the connection pins are inserted into the direct connection connector to be electrically connected to the direct connection connector. The main circuit connector is inserted into the opening and to be electrically connected to the direct connection connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenji FUNAKOSHI, Takeru HATANAKA
  • Patent number: 9337696
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a rotating shaft having an axis extending in an axial direction; a rotor fixed to the rotating shaft; a stator provided with a plurality of stator coils; a wire connection part provided at one side of the stator coils in the axial direction, the wire connection part connecting end portions of the stator coils in a specified wire connection pattern; and a resin molded part arranged to cover the wire connection part and the stator coils. The wire connection part includes a plurality of conductive members connected to the end portions of the stator coils and an insulating member arranged to at least partially cover surfaces of the conductive members. The insulating member has projection portions protruding toward the resin molded part existing at the one side of the stator coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenji Funakoshi, Hideyuki Onda, Kanta Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9203271
    Abstract: A stator includes a core body provided so as to contact a substantially cylindrical peripheral-wall inner surface of a frame and having a stator coil wound thereupon, and a mold portion in which a coil end of the stator coil is molded out of resin. A gap is provided between the peripheral-wall inner surface and the mold portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takeki Inoue, Kenji Funakoshi, Kazuya Yugawa
  • Publication number: 20150091404
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a rotor core including a plurality of laminated steel plates; a permanent magnet fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core, the permanent magnet having a length in an axial direction less than that of the rotor core; and an adhesive member disposed on a region of the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core between an end of the permanent magnet in the axial direction and an end of the rotor core in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Kenji FUNAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20140111037
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: a rotating shaft having an axis extending in an axial direction; a rotor fixed to the rotating shaft; a stator provided with a plurality of stator coils; a wire connection part provided at one side of the stator coils in the axial direction, the wire connection part connecting end portions of the stator coils in a specified wire connection pattern; and a resin molded part arranged to cover the wire connection part and the stator coils. The wire connection part includes a plurality of conductive members connected to the end portions of the stator coils and an insulating member arranged to at least partially cover surfaces of the conductive members. The insulating member has projection portions protruding toward the resin molded part existing at the one side of the stator coils in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Kenji FUNAKOSHI, Hideyuki ONDA, Kanta YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 6400451
    Abstract: A non-contact type wheel alignment measuring apparatus includes a fixed-focal-length lens and a pair of light sources located on the opposite sides of the lens for projecting a pair of laser beams onto the side surface of a wheel to be measured. The apparatus also includes a CCD sensor on which images reflecting from the wheel are formed and the distance between the two images is detected as a function of pixels of CCD sensor between them. The information of this distance (or the number of pixels) is utilized to determine the distance between the measuring apparatus and a point of interest on the wheel. With two or more such information for different locations on the wheel, its alignment characteristic, such as toe-in and camber angles, can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Anzen Motor Car Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Fukuda, Kenji Funakoshi