Patents by Inventor Naohiro Kido

Naohiro Kido 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: 20240146145
    Abstract: A motor 1 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a rotor 10 configured to freely rotate around a rotary shaft member 13; a stator 20, 320 including a stator unit 21 of a claw-pole type, the stator unit including a winding wire 212 that is annularly wound around the rotary shaft member 13 and a stator core 211 provided so as to surround the winding wire 212, the stator core 211 having a through hole piercing the stator core 211 around the rotary shaft member 13; and a first bearing holder 24B provided at one end side of the stator 20 in an axial direction of the rotary shaft member 13 and configured to hold a first bearing 25 rotatably supporting the rotary shaft member 13, wherein the first bearing 25 and the first bearing holder 24B are arranged on an outside in the axial direction with respect to the stator core 211, and an outer diameter of the first bearing 25 or the first bearing holder 24B is larger than an inner diameter of the through hole of the rotary shaft member 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Naohiro KIDO, Yoshinari ASANO, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20240146167
    Abstract: A motor 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a rotor 10 configured to freely rotate around a rotation axis AX; and a stator 20 arranged inside the rotor 10 and including a stator unit 21 of a claw-pole type, the stator unit including a winding wire 212 that is annularly wound around the rotation axis AX and a stator core 211 provided so as to surround the winding wire, wherein the stator 20 includes an inner space 24A around the rotation axis AX and in communication with an outer side of the rotor 10, such that heat can be radiated to the inner space 24A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuto YANAGIDA, Tsukasa ASARI, Akane UEDA, Naohiro KIDO, Yoshinari ASANO, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20230246492
    Abstract: A compressor has: a motor that has a stator provided around an axis of a rotor; a rotating shaft that is fixed to the rotor; a bearing that supports the rotating shaft; an impeller that is connected to the rotating shaft and compresses fluid; and a casing that accommodates the motor. In this compressor, the stator has: a coil that encircles the axis of the rotor; and a stator core that has a magnetic pole facing, in a radial direction of the rotor, an outer circumferential surface of the rotor, via a gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki HIRANO, Akio YAMAGIWA, Naohiro KIDO, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20230187984
    Abstract: A rotary electrical device includes a rotor configured to be rotatable; and a stator disposed in a radial direction of the rotor to surround a rotation axis of the rotor. The stator includes a plurality of stator units that are stacked in an axial direction of the rotor. Each of the stator units includes a winding, a stator core that surrounds the winding, and one or more claw magnetic poles that protrude radially toward the rotor from each of two end portions in an axial direction of the stator core. The rotor includes a magnet that radially faces at least a portion of any of claw magnetic poles of the stator at a predetermined rotation position. At least one of magnet end portions in an axial direction of the magnet protrudes further in the axial direction than all of the claw magnetic poles of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Tsukasa ASARI, Yoshinari ASANO, Naohiro KIDO, Hiroshi HIBINO, Akane UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230179032
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator having stacking coil units with a nonmagnetic body arranged between, and a rotatable rotor. Each of the coil units includes a coil, and a stator core. The coil includes an annular winding. The stator core is arranged to surround at least part of the winding. The stator core includes projections formed on axial ends of the stator core, alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, and projecting radially toward the rotor from the axial ends. The coil includes the winding and two leads extending from the winding. At least one of a first and a second of the two leads extends between stator cores of two of the coil units. A magnet pole is arranged in one of inner and outer circumferential portions of the stator core, and the first and second leads are arranged in an other one of inner and outer circumferential portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Naohiro KIDO, Yoshinari ASANO, Tsukasa ASARI, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20220337129
    Abstract: A technique that improves cooling performance of a motor including an iron core formed of a powder magnetic core is provided. A motor 1 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a stator iron core 211 formed of a powder magnetic core and an inserting member 24 disposed so as to face at least a portion of a wall surface of the stator iron core 211, the inserting member being configured to enable heat to be transferred in an axial direction. The motor 1 Includes a heat dissipation member 40 configured to enable the heat from the inserting member 24 to be transferred in the axial direction. The motor 1 includes a fixing member 30 that fixes the iron core 211 and the inserting member 24. Stress generated between the stator iron core 211 and the inserting member 24 is less than each of stress generated between the stator iron core 211 and the fixing member 30, and stress generated between the inserting member 24 and the fixing member 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Naohiro KIDO, Akane KAYANO, Yoshinari ASANO, Tsukasa ASARI, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20220190652
    Abstract: A stator includes stator iron cores stacked in a rotor axial direction, and an interphase insulating member arranged between the stator iron cores. Each of the stator iron cores includes a circular back yoke and a stator claw magnetic pole that protrudes from the back yoke in a rotor radial direction. The interphase insulating member includes an insulating portion, arranged between adjacent ones of the stator iron cores, and a support. The stator claw magnetic pole is in contact with the support in at least one of a rotor circumferential direction and the rotor radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tsukasa ASARI, Naohiro KIDO, Yoshinari ASANO, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Publication number: 20220181926
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a fixing member. The fixing member includes first and second end plates, and at least one rod shaped portion. At least one of the stator and rotor includes an iron core formed by a powder magnetic core. The iron core includes a through hole extending through the iron core in an axial direction of the rotor. The first and second end plates are arranged to directly or indirectly contact end surfaces of the iron core in the axial direction. The rod shaped portion is fixed to the first and second end plates in a state in which the rod shaped portion is inserted in the through hole of the iron core, and the iron core is sandwiched by the first and second end plates in the axial direction of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Naohiro KIDO, Yoshinari ASANO, Tsukasa ASARI, Hiroshi HIBINO
  • Patent number: 8928444
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a magnet-equipped reactor includes: a magnet-equipped reactor (60) having a core (61) around which a coil (70) is wound, and a magnet (75) arranged to contact the core (61); and a cooling member (51) arranged to contact the magnet (75) of the magnet-equipped reactor (60) to cool the magnet (75).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Toshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20120293290
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a magnet-equipped reactor includes: a magnet-equipped reactor having a core around which a coil is wound, and a magnet arranged to contact the core; and a cooling member arranged to contact the magnet of the magnet-equipped reactor to cool the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Toshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20120279251
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit to which a compressor is connected, and which performs a refrigerating cycle; an electronic part including a power module; and a cooling member in which a refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit flows, and which contacts the power module so that the power module is cooled by the refrigerant. The cooling member of the refrigeration apparatus is provided with a thermal insulation layer that prevents cold heat of the refrigerant flowing in the cooling member from being transferred to the outside from at least a non-contact surface other than a contact surface of the cooling member with the power module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Toshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20120255318
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit having a main circuit performing a refrigeration cycle and a branch circuit which branches part of high-pressure liquid refrigerant flowing through the main circuit and leads the part of high-pressure liquid refrigerant from a high-pressure part of the main circuit to part of the main circuit having a pressure lower than that of the high-pressure part. The branch circuit is connected to a cooler configured to cool a power element(s) of a power supply device supplying power to drivers of components of the refrigerant circuit by refrigerant. In the refrigeration apparatus, an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the state of refrigerant flowing through the branch circuit and adjust the temperature of refrigerant passing through the cooler to a target temperature is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Toshiyuki Maeda