Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Minami

Shinichiro Minami 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: 9343945
    Abstract: Provided is a slip ring device for a rotating electric machine, which is capable of reliably retaining a long lead while preventing movement and deformation of the long lead during insert molding. The slip ring device for a rotating electric machine includes: a first ring and a second ring; a long lead (12) having one end portion connected to the first ring and another end portion connected to a rotor coil; a short lead having one end portion connected to the second ring and another end portion connected to the rotor coil; and a molded body formed by insert molding, for retaining the first ring, the second ring, the long lead (12), and the short lead in a mutually insulated fashion. The molded body includes a restricting member (15) for restricting the long lead (12) from being moved and deformed during the insert molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Shinosaka, Shinichiro Minami, Hitoshi Shibagaki
  • Publication number: 20140361658
    Abstract: In a rotor of the present invention, an interference is set to have a relationship so that an inner diameter of a press-fit projecting portion before press-fitting is smaller than a diameter of a shaft, and in the inner wall surface, a non-projecting portion is formed without projecting portions on a portion in which a weld line is generated by the molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiro Imazawa, Shinichiro Minami, Hitoshi Shibagaki, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140300218
    Abstract: Provided is a slip ring device for a rotating electric machine, which is capable of reliably retaining a long lead while preventing movement and deformation of the long lead during insert molding. The slip ring device for a rotating electric machine includes: a first ring and a second ring; a long lead (12) having one end portion connected to the first ring and another end portion connected to a rotor coil; a short lead having one end portion connected to the second ring and another end portion connected to the rotor coil; and a molded body formed by insert molding, for retaining the first ring, the second ring, the long lead (12), and the short lead in a mutually insulated fashion. The molded body includes a restricting member (15) for restricting the long lead (12) from being moved and deformed during the insert molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Shinosaka, Shinichiro Minami, Hitoshi Shibagaki
  • Patent number: 8786150
    Abstract: A rotor shaft is supported in a rotatable manner at both ends by bearings respectively disposed to a housing forming a part of a stator and provided with a positioning portion of the bearing in at least one shaft end. The positioning portion is formed of an annular step-like rise portion that abuts on a circular arc surface provided to an inner ring corner of the bearing. A rotor shaft capable of holding the bearing in a stable manner over a long period is thus obtained without increasing the number of components and the numbers of working processes and assembly man-hours for the shaft. It thus becomes possible to solve problems, such as an increase in cost due to a large amount of working margin and increases of the direct material cost and in weight due to a larger finishing diameter of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Minami, Takahiro Kimura, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8324782
    Abstract: A bobbin is mounted to a rotor such that a rotation arresting portion is housed in a space that is formed by a rotation arresting portion housing recess portion and a stepped portion so as to restrict circumferential movement, and a permanent magnet is made into a quadrangular prism that has a rectangular bottom surface, and is held by a magnet holding seat by placing a bottom surface on an upper surface of a magnet holding portion, and fixing to the magnet holding seat a cover that is mounted from radially outside to restrict circumferential, axial, and radial movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Minami, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120212096
    Abstract: A bobbin is mounted to a rotor such that a rotation arresting portion is housed in a space that is formed by a rotation arresting portion housing recess portion and a stepped portion so as to restrict circumferential movement, and a permanent magnet is made into a quadrangular prism that has a rectangular bottom surface, and is held by a magnet holding seat by placing a bottom surface on an upper surface of a magnet holding portion, and fixing to the magnet holding seat a cover that is mounted from radially outside to restrict circumferential, axial, and radial movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro MINAMI, Kazunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20120056501
    Abstract: A rotor shaft is supported in a rotatable manner at both ends by bearings respectively disposed to a housing forming a part of a stator and provided with a positioning portion of the bearing in at least one shaft end. The positioning portion is formed of an annular step-like rise portion that abuts on a circular arc surface provided to an inner ring corner of the bearing. A rotor shaft capable of holding the bearing in a stable manner over a long period is thus obtained without increasing the number of components and the numbers of working processes and assembly man-hours for the shaft. It thus becomes possible to solve problems, such as an increase in cost due to a large amount of working margin and increases of the direct material cost and in weight due to a larger finishing diameter of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro MINAMI, Takahiro KIMURA, Kazunori TANAKA