Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Kurokawa

Masatoshi Kurokawa 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: 11936283
    Abstract: A gate driving power source device can be miniaturized by sharing power source units, and a large current can be prevented from locally flowing in a single chip even when a short-circuit failure occurs in a multi-phase conversion circuit included in a power conversion device. There is provided a shared power source unit supplying a shared DC power source to a gate drive circuit provided in any one of a plurality of lower arms of multi-phase conversion circuits or any one of a plurality of upper arms of the multi-phase conversion circuit and gate drive circuits provided in upper arms or lower arms of other conversion circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Goto, Yuta Nakamura, Yoshinori Sagiya, Kazunari Kurokawa, Shugo Ueno, Shintaro Tai
  • Patent number: 8013482
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) includes a stationary shaft-shaped central portion (100) extending through respective central portions of an inner rotor (301), an outer rotor (302), and a stator (200), and a cooling structure (400) provided using the interiors of the stator and the shaft-shaped central portion. The motor can be used as an in-wheel motor for directly driving each wheel of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 7701103
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) is an in-wheel motor. The motor (10) includes an outer rotor, (302), an inner rotor (301), a stator (200), and a shaft-shaped central portion (100). The outer rotor includes a magnet (305b) and is disposed closely to a load. The inner rotor includes a magnet (305a) and is disposed away from the load. The stator is disposed between the outer rotor and the inner rotor, and includes a stator coil. The shaft-shaped central portion extends completely through respective central portions of the outer rotor, the inner rotor and the stator. The shaft-shaped central portion defines a stationary structure. A power supply system (500) is provided using interiors of the stator (200) and the shaft shaped central portion (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20090230788
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) includes a stationary shaft-shaped central portion (100) extending through respective central portions of an inner rotor (301), an outer rotor (302), and a stator (200), and a cooling structure (400) provided using the interiors of the stator and the shaft-shaped central portion. The motor can be used as an in-wheel motor for directly driving each wheel of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20090134730
    Abstract: An electric motor (10) is an in-wheel motor. The motor (10) includes an outer rotor, (302), an inner rotor (301), a stator (200), and a shaft-shaped central portion (100). The outer rotor includes a magnet (305b) and is disposed closely to a load. The inner rotor includes a magnet (305a) and is disposed away from the load. The stator is disposed between the outer rotor and the inner rotor, and includes a stator coil. The shaft-shaped central portion extends completely through respective central portions of the outer rotor, the inner rotor and the stator. The shaft-shaped central portion defines a stationary structure. A power supply system (500) is provided using interiors of the stator (200) and the shaft shaped central portion (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 6962057
    Abstract: In a gas turbine power generation system having a gas turbine engine and a generator connected to the engine, maintenance ease is enhanced by forming the housing to have openable maintenance faces at two of its faces. Installation space is reduced and a compact configuration is achieved by providing a partition that divides the interior space of the housing into two regions into an upper bay and a lower bay, mounting the engine in the upper bay and mounting air intake duct in the lower bay at a location directly under the engine. Noise is reduced by using a partition to define two separate spaces (bays) and mounting the engine and the air intake duct in the upper and lower bays. Noise is also reduced by preventing engine rotation noise from escaping to the outside through the air intake duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kurokawa, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20040040313
    Abstract: In a gas turbine power generation system having a gas turbine engine and a generator connected to the engine, maintenance ease is enhanced by forming the housing to have openable maintenance faces at two of its faces. Installation space is reduced and a compact configuration is achieved by providing a partition that divides the interior space of the housing into two regions into an upper bay and a lower bay, mounting the engine in the upper bay and mounting air intake duct in the lower bay at a location directly under the engine. Noise is reduced by using a partition to define two separate spaces (bays) and mounting the engine and the air intake duct in the upper and lower bays. Noise is also reduced by preventing engine rotation noise from escaping to the outside through the air intake duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kurokawa, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Yoshino