Patents by Inventor Ryohei INOUE

Ryohei INOUE 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: 12009700
    Abstract: A rotor for rotary electric machine includes shaft that includes flange portion, rotor core that fits to shaft wherein manner that rotational torque can be transmitted between rotor core and shaft, first end plate that covers one end face of rotor core in axial direction, second end plate that covers another end face of rotor core in axial direction, nut member that is screwed to shaft and holds rotor core with flange portion in axial direction, first washer provided between flange portion and first end plate in axial direction, and second washer provided between nut member and second end plate in axial direction. Flange portion protrudes to outer radial side from outer peripheral surface of shaft to which rotor core is fitted. First washer is in contact with seat surface of flange portion in axial direction, and has outer diameter larger than outer diameter of seat surface of flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shumpei Toyama, Yosuke Kimura, Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240159659
    Abstract: Efficient acquisition of information to adjust a cooking environment for providing a fried food with good taste is realized by determining the cooking environment in advance based on a state of edible oil. A determination device for determining a cooking environment of an edible oil, comprising: an imaging section configured to acquire an image in which the edible oil is captured; a first input section configured to input first information which is information on a fried food to be fed into the edible oil and cooked; a first identification section configured to analyze the image and identify a state of the edible oil; and a second identification section configured to identify the cooking environment in which the fried food is to be cooked based on the first information and the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kenya ITO, Takeshi SUZUKI, Masami INOUE, Ryohei WATANABE, Ayato TAKASAKI, Kenichi KAKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11981215
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine is disposed coaxially with an input member and is disposed more toward a first side in an axial direction than a first gear that meshes with a second gear. A third gear that rotates integrally with second and fourth gears that mesh with third gear are disposed more toward second side in axial direction than first and second gears. An axis of a counter gear mechanism is disposed below both axis of rotary electric machine and axis of differential gear mechanism. An inverter device is disposed more toward first side in axial direction than fourth gear and above axis of differential gear mechanism while being disposed at such position that inverter device overlaps fourth gear as seen in axial direction. A specific portion of inverter device is disposed between rotary electric machine and fourth gear in axial direction, at such position that specific portion overlaps counter gear mechanism as seen in up-down direction and overlaps rotary electric machine as seen in axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240075824
    Abstract: A charge port device includes a charge port provided in a port accommodation recess and a lid for concealing the port accommodation recess. A latch is provided in the port accommodation recess on an opposite side to a lid hinge with respect to the charge port. A slit is formed between a surface of a vehicle body and an outer circumferential edge of the lid while the lid is closed. A lamp is provided at a position in the port accommodation recess between the latch and the slit on an opposite side to the lid hinge with respect to the charge port and the position is not visible from outside while the lid is closed. Formed is a light-guiding reflection path that guides a light emitted from the lamp toward the above-mentioned slit as an indirect light by reflecting the light while the lid is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Shibata, Daisuke Ichiwara, Atsushi Takaki, Toshihiro Inoue, Ryohei Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11904672
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis; a differential gear mechanism disposed on a second axis; an output member disposed on the second axis; an inverter device; and a case. The case is a single-piece case internally including: a first housing chamber housing the rotary electric machine; and a second housing chamber housing the inverter device and divided from the first housing chamber with a partition. At least a specified portion of the output member is housed in the first housing chamber. A location of the specified portion in an axial direction overlaps with the rotary electric machine. The partition is provided between the specified portion and the inverter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Yamashita, Nozomu Takahashi, Ryohei Inoue, Takeshi Torii, Daisuke Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 11906024
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a rotating electrical machine that functions as a driving force source for wheels; an input member drivingly connected to rotating electrical machine; a pair of output members each drivingly connected to wheel; a differential gear mechanism that distributes rotation transmitted from rotating electrical machine to pair of output members; a transmission gear mechanism that drivingly connects input member and differential gear mechanism; a hydraulic pump that includes a pump rotor and chamber housing the pump rotor and that supplies oil to at least the rotating electrical machine; and a case. The case includes a partition portion that separates in an axial direction a first housing chamber housing rotating electrical machine and a second housing chamber housing transmission gear mechanism and differential gear mechanism). Pump chamber is formed in partition wall so as to be located between first and second housing chambers in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240051378
    Abstract: An input member and a differential gear mechanism include a part arranged on an axial first side with respect to a rotary electric machine. The differential gear mechanism is connected to first wheel via shaft member including part that is arranged on axial second side with respect to differential gear mechanism. A case includes an outer peripheral support portion that is formed along core outer peripheral surface that is an outer peripheral surface of stator core, and that supports core outer peripheral surface in radial direction. A notch portion in which outer peripheral support portion is notched over entire area of arrangement area of stator core in an axial direction is formed in outer peripheral support portion, and notch portion is arranged at position that is between core outer peripheral surface and shaft member in radial direction, and that overlaps shaft member as seen in radial direction along radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Patent number: 11898630
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine and an input member are placed on a first axis, a counter gear mechanism is placed on a second axis, and a differential gear mechanism is placed on a third axis. The input member, the counter gear mechanism, and the differential gear mechanism have portions placed on an axial first side with respect to the rotating electrical machine. A pump portion is placed on the opposite side of an imaginary plane passing through the first axis and the third axis from the second axis, and is placed at a location that overlaps at least one of the rotating electrical machine and the differential gear mechanism in an axial view. The pump portion is placed on the axial first side with respect to the rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240044399
    Abstract: A case includes: a case body forming a first housing chamber housing a rotating electrical machine and gears and a second housing chamber housing an inverter device; and a cover member. The cover member is joined to an axial second side of the case body, and disposed to cover the axial second side of the first housing chamber. The case body includes a partition wall separating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber, a peripheral wall covering the first housing chamber from outside in a radial direction, and an axial wall covering an axial first side of the second housing chamber. The partition wall, the peripheral wall, and the axial wall are integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei INOUE, Shinji KONDO
  • Patent number: 11858327
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output member disposed on a second axis parallel to the first axis, an inverter device, a terminal block for electrically connecting a rotary electric machine-side bus bar and an inverter-side bus bar, and a case. The case includes a first housing chamber for housing the rotary electric machine MG, a second housing chamber for housing the inverter device, and a partition wall for separating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. A terminal block is disposed such that an arrangement area of the terminal block in an axial direction overlaps the rotary electric machine, and disposed so as to penetrate the partition wall in a radial direction of the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Nagaya, Nozomu Takahashi, Ryohei Inoue, Takeshi Torii, Daisuke Yamaoka, Taketoki Maruyama, Toshiya Sugiyama, Munehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11852231
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a rotary electric machine disposed on a first axis; a differential gear mechanism disposed on a second axis; an output member disposed on the second axis; an inverter device; and a case. The case is a single-piece case internally including: a first housing chamber housing the rotary electric machine; and a second housing chamber housing the inverter device and divided from the first housing chamber with a partition. At least a specified portion of the output member is housed in the first housing chamber. A location of the specified portion in an axial direction overlaps with the rotary electric machine. The partition is provided between the specified portion and the inverter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230406082
    Abstract: A case body that is integrally formed so as to form a first housing chamber including a rotary electric machine housing chamber that houses a rotary electric machine and a gear housing chamber that houses a plurality of gears and second housing chamber that houses an inverter device includes a peripheral wall portion that surrounds an outer side of rotary electric machine and gears in radial direction, partition wall that partitions first and second housing chambers, and a partition member disposed between the rotary electric machine housing chamber and the gear housing chamber. The partition wall is formed on both sides in an axial direction across partition member so as to extend in axial direction from a position where partition wall overlaps rotary electric machine on outer side in radial direction to a position where partition wall overlaps at least one of the gears on outer side in radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230322095
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine is disposed coaxially with an input member more toward a first side in an axial direction than a first gear that meshes with a second gear. A third gear rotates integrally with second and fourth gears that mesh with third gear more toward second side in axial direction than first and second gears. An axis of a counter gear mechanism is below axis of rotary electric machine and axis of differential gear mechanism. An inverter device more toward first side in axial direction than fourth gear and above axis of differential gear mechanism while that inverter device overlaps fourth gear as seen in axial direction. A specific portion of inverter device is between rotary electric machine and fourth gear in axial direction, such hat specific portion overlaps counter gear mechanism as seen in up-down direction and overlaps rotary electric machine as seen in axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230268806
    Abstract: A rotation sensor is connected to a control unit via a first signal line, and detects rotation of a rotor of a rotary electric machine. A temperature sensor is connected to the control unit via a second signal line, and detects a temperature of a stator of the rotary electric machine. A case includes a first partition portion that partitions a first housing chamber that houses the rotary electric machine, an input member, a transmission gear mechanism, the rotation sensor, and the temperature sensor from a second housing chamber that houses the control unit. The first partition portion includes a first communication portion that communicates the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. The first signal line and the second signal line are disposed through the first communication portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230258250
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a rotating electrical machine that functions as a driving force source for wheels; an input member drivingly connected to rotating electrical machine; a pair of output members each drivingly connected to wheel; a differential gear mechanism that distributes rotation transmitted from rotating electrical machine to pair of output members; a transmission gear mechanism that drivingly connects input member and differential gear mechanism; a hydraulic pump that includes a pump rotor and chamber housing the pump rotor and that supplies oil to at least the rotating electrical machine; and a case. The case includes a partition portion that separates in an axial direction a first housing chamber housing rotating electrical machine and a second housing chamber housing transmission gear mechanism and differential gear mechanism). Pump chamber is formed in partition wall so as to be located between first and second housing chambers in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Patent number: 11718187
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine is disposed coaxially with an input member more toward a first side in an axial direction than a first gear that meshes with a second gear. A third gear rotates integrally with second and fourth gears that mesh with third gear more toward second side in axial direction than first and second gears. An axis of a counter gear mechanism is below axis of rotary electric machine and axis of differential gear mechanism. An inverter device more toward first side in axial direction than fourth gear and above axis of differential gear mechanism while that inverter device overlaps fourth gear as seen in axial direction. A specific portion of inverter device is between rotary electric machine and fourth gear in axial direction, such that specific portion overlaps counter gear mechanism as seen in up-down direction and overlaps rotary electric machine as seen in axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230113748
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device including a case, a rotary electric machine provided in the case and including power lines 1U, 1V, and 1W electrically connected to a power supply via a power converter (inverter IV), bus bars 7U, 7V, and 7W extending inside the case and joined to the power lines, a hydraulic pump (electric hydraulic pump 72), and an oil passage including ejection holes through which oil discharged from the hydraulic pump is ejected toward at least one of the power lines and the bus bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Patent number: 11608884
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a rotary electric machine; a drive transmission mechanism provided in a power transmission path connecting a rotor shaft of the rotary electric machine and a wheel; a first hydraulic pump driven by a driving force transmitted through the power transmission path; a second hydraulic pump driven by a driving force source independent of the power transmission path; a first oil passage that supplies oil discharged from the first hydraulic pump to a rotor bearing that supports the rotor shaft such that the rotor shaft is rotatable; and a second oil passage that supplies oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump to an inner peripheral surface of the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220381326
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine is disposed coaxially with an input member more toward a first side in an axial direction than a first gear that meshes with a second gear. A third gear rotates integrally with second and fourth gears that mesh with third gear more toward second side in axial direction than first and second gears. An axis of a counter gear mechanism is below axis of rotary electric machine and axis of differential gear mechanism. An inverter device more toward first side in axial direction than fourth gear and above axis of differential gear mechanism while that inverter device overlaps fourth gear as seen in axial direction. A specific portion of inverter device is between rotary electric machine and fourth gear in axial direction, such that specific portion overlaps counter gear mechanism as seen in up-down direction and overlaps rotary electric machine as seen in axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220316582
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine and an input member are placed on a first axis, a counter gear mechanism is placed on a second axis, and a differential gear mechanism is placed on a third axis. The input member, the counter gear mechanism, and the differential gear mechanism have portions placed on an axial first side with respect to the rotating electrical machine. A pump portion is placed on the opposite side of an imaginary plane passing through the first axis and the third axis from the second axis, and is placed at a location that overlaps at least one of the rotating electrical machine and the differential gear mechanism in an axial view. The pump portion is placed on the axial first side with respect to the rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryohei INOUE