Patents by Inventor Shinji Kouda
Shinji Kouda 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).
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Publication number: 20100264760Abstract: The electric rotating machine includes a rotor relatable around a rotating shaft disposed horizontally, a stator core formed with slots, and a stator coil constituted of in-slot portions each of which is accommodated in a corresponding one of the slots, and turn portions each of which connects corresponding adjacent two of the in-slot portions at a position outside the stator core. The turn portions form a coil end projecting axially outward from an end surface of the stator core at each of both axial end sides of the stator core. The coil end is formed in a cylindrical shape including an axial end surface of a flat shape, and inner and outer peripheral surfaces of a circular shape. The electric rotating machine further includes a coolant supply section to supply coolant to an upper part of the outer peripheral surface of the coil end.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohito MATSUI, Sadahisa Onimaru, Shinji Kouda, Ryosuke Utaka, Munehiro Kamiya, Hiroshi Kaneiwa
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Patent number: 7814642Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electric rotating machine having a stator that includes a stator core having slots formed at an inner periphery thereof, and a stator winding constituted by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding includes in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each connecting each adjacent two of the in-slot portions outside the slots. The stator core includes a core member having at least three tooth portions extending in a radial direction of the stator core and a core back portion integrally connecting the tooth portions at a radially end side thereof. The core member is configured such that each of the first tooth portions folded toward the core back portion is capable of unfolding to extend between a corresponding adjacent two of the in-slot portions when the core member is at a predetermined axial position with respect to the stator winding.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso CorporationInventors: Sadahisa Onimaru, Hirohito Matsui, Hirofumi Kinjo, Katsuhiko Oka, Shinji Kouda
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Publication number: 20100257722Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electric rotating machine having a stator that includes a stator core having slots formed at an inner periphery thereof, and a stator winding constituted by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding includes in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each connecting each adjacent two of the in-slot portions outside the slots. The stator core includes a core member having at least three tooth portions extending in a radial direction of the stator core and a core back portion integrally connecting the tooth portions at a radially end side thereof. The core member is configured such that each of the first tooth portions folded toward the core back portion is capable of unfolding to extend between a corresponding adjacent two of the in-slot portions when the core member is at a predetermined axial position with respect to the stator winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Sadahisa Onimaru, Hirohito Matsui, Hirofumi Kinjo, Katsuhiko Oka, Shinji Kouda
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Patent number: 7812498Abstract: The stator of an electric rotating machine includes a stator core having slots formed therein along a circumferential direction thereof, and a stator winding formed by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding includes in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each of which connects each adjacent two of the in-slot portions outside of the slots. Each of the turn portions includes a first turn portion formed with M1 steps (m1 being a positive integer) extending along axial ends of the stator core, and a second turn portion formed with m2 steps (m2 being an integer larger than m1) extending along the axial ends.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Shinji Kouda
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Publication number: 20100244615Abstract: A stator core for a rotary electric machine is provided. The stator includes an annular stator core having a plurality of slots punched and arranged in the circumferential direction, being straight in the axial direction, and a stator winding consisting of wire members. The wire members have respective straight portions accommodated in respective slots. Each of the wire members has a conductor portion having a rectangular cross section and an insulating coating covering the conductor portion. An adhesive member is provided between each of the straight portions and the wall surface of each slot. In each slot, the adhesive member adheres the straight portions to the wall surface. Thus, the stator core can maintain the space factor of the wire members accommodated in each slot and suppress vibration of the wire members during the operation of the rotary electric machine to reliably reduce generation of peculiar noise or magnetic noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Kouda
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Publication number: 20100141078Abstract: The wire 30 forming the stator winding 20 includes the in-slot portions 40 to be disposed in the slots 14 and 15 of the stator core 12 and the turned portions 42 connecting the in-slot portions 40 disposed in the circumferentially different slots 14 and 15. The turned portions 42 formed on axial opposite end sides of the stator core 12. The crank portion 44 which does not twist is formed at substantially the center of the turned portion 42. Steps are fanned at sections of the turned portion 42 which protrude outside the stator core 12 from the slots 14 and 15. Further, the turned portion 42 of the wire 30 also has two steps 48 formed between the substantially central crank portion 44 and each of the steps 46 formed at the protruding sections of the turned portion 42.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Kouda, Hiroaki Kajiura, Masahiro Takada
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Publication number: 20090261686Abstract: The stator of an electric rotating machine includes a stator core having slots formed therein along a circumferential direction thereof, and a stator winding formed by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding includes in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each of which connects each adjacent two of the in-slot portions outside of the slots. Each of the turn portions includes a first turn portion formed with m1 steps (m1 being a positive integer) extending along axial ends of the stator core, and a second turn portion formed with m2 steps (m2 being an integer larger than ml) extending along the axial ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji KOUDA
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Publication number: 20090261684Abstract: The stator of an electric rotating machine includes a stator core having slots formed at an inner periphery thereof, and a stator winding constituted by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding including in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each connecting each adjacent two of the in-slot portions at outside of the slots. The stator core including a core member having at least three tooth portions extending in a radial direction of the stator core and a core back portion integrally connecting the tooth portions at a radially end side thereof. The core member is configured such that each of the first tooth portions folded toward the core back portion is capable of unfolding to extend between a corresponding adjacent two of the in-slot portions when the core member is at a predetermined axial position with respect to the stator winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Sadahisa Onimaru, Hirohito Matsui, Hirofumi Kinjo, Katsuhiko Oka, Shinji Kouda
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Publication number: 20090218905Abstract: Coil fixing members are placed between a stator coil and at least one end surface of a stator core in an electric rotary machine in order to suppress a displacement between the stator core and the stator coil. Each coil fixing member has primary and secondary fixing members. The primary fixing member has a wedge-plate shape having a support part at one side of the circumferential direction of the stator core. The support part supports the connection part of the winding of the stator core. The primary fixing member is inserted from the inner side of the diameter direction of the stator core toward the outer side thereof between the connection parts of the windings of the stator coil and the end surface of the stator core. The secondary fixing member has a rod shape placed at the other side of the primary fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Kaneiwa, Shinji Kouda, Shinichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20090146523Abstract: A stator for a multiple-phase rotary electric machine is provided with a stator core with slots and a coil formed of a plurality of windings for individual phases. each winding has slot-accommodated portions accommodated in different slots, turn portions connecting the slot-accommodated portions outside of the slots in an axial direction, and a return portion that connects two of the turn portions and changes a winding direction of the winding at given slots. The turn portions include specific turn portions which are the same in a circumferential position as the turn portion connected to one of the return portion. The first and second windings are jointed to each other via a joined portion disposed in a specific slot among the slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Kouda, Shinichi Ogawa, Akiya Shichijoh, Takeo Maekawa
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Publication number: 20090140594Abstract: A stator for a multiple-phase rotary electric machine provided a stator core with slots and a coil formed of a plurality of windings for individual phases. Each winding has slot-accommodated portions held in different slots, turn portions connecting the slot-accommodated portions outside of the slots in an axial direction, and a return portion that connects two of the turn portions and changes a winding direction of the winding at given slots. The turn portions include specific turn portions which are the same in a circumferential position as the turn portion connected to the one of the return portion. The specific turn portions are located, in a radial direction, to be drawn apart from the rotor than the slot-accommodated portions connected to the specific turn portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Ogawa, Shinji Kouda, Akiya Shichijoh, Takeo Maekawa
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Patent number: 7268455Abstract: A phase winding of a stator winding comprises one or more pairs of interconnected partial coil, each partial coil formed of sequentially connected U-shaped segment pairs, each pair comprising a large segment and small segment. Two segment legs, of the large and small segment respectively of such a pair, constitute first and second conductor layers of a first stator slot and have their tip portions mutually connected. The remaining two segment legs respectively constitute fourth and third conductor layers of a second slot that is distant by one pole pitch, and have their respective tip portions mutually connected.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Shinji Kouda, Masahiro Seguchi
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Patent number: 7135793Abstract: A stator coil includes a coil portion wound around a stator core and a terminal board serving as a bus bar array board. The coil portion is arranged by sequentially connected segment conductors. The terminal board is a molded ring plate member disposed adjacently to a head coil end of the coil portion in the axial direction and elongated in the radial direction. The turn number of the stator coil is easily adjustable by selecting an optimum one of a plurality of terminal boards.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Masahiro Seguchi, Shinji Kouda
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Publication number: 20060103255Abstract: In a stator coil of a rotary electric machine, a first crank portion radially shifts one side of a turn portion from the other side thereof by a first length. The one side extends to one of paired straight portions, and the other side extends to the other thereof. A second crank portion radially shifts one side of a turn portion from the other side thereof by a second length. The one side extends to one of the paired straight portions, and the other side extends to the other thereof. The first length is equivalent to a radial width of the turn portion of the first segment of each set. The second length allows the second crank portion of the second segment of each of the sets to substantially overlay the first crank portion of the first segment of each set.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Seguchi, Shinji Kouda, Tetsuya Gorohata
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Patent number: 6995492Abstract: Three partial coils are accommodated in inphase slots arranged successively in the circumferential direction and also accommodated in the same conductor accommodation position set. Each layer coil is constituted by serially connecting these partial coils. Respective layer coils are connected in parallel to each other to form a phase winding.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Shinji Kouda, Masahiro Seguchi
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Publication number: 20050258703Abstract: A phase winding of a stator winding comprises one or more pairs of interconnected partial coil, each partial coil formed of sequentially connected U-shaped segment pairs, each pair comprising a large segment and small segment. Two segment legs, of the large and small segment respectively of such a pair, constitute first and second conductor layers of a first stator slot and have their tip portions mutually connected. The remaining two segment legs respectively constitute fourth and third conductor layers of a second slot that is distant by one pole pitch, and have their respective tip portions mutually connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: Denso CorporationInventors: Shinji Kouda, Masahiro Seguchi
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Publication number: 20050253466Abstract: A stator coil includes a coil portion wound around a stator core and a terminal board serving as a bus bar array board. The coil portion is arranged by sequentially connected segment conductors. The terminal board is a molded ring plate member disposed adjacently to a head coil end of the coil portion in the axial direction and elongated in the radial direction. The turn number of the stator coil is easily adjustable by selecting an optimum one of a plurality of terminal boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION.Inventors: Masahiro Seguchi, Shinji Kouda
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Patent number: D616818Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuo Ishizuka, Shinji Kouda, Shinichi Ogawa
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Patent number: D624018Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Atsuo Ishizuka, Shinji Kouda, Shinichi Ogawa
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Patent number: D624497Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuo Ishizuka, Shinji Kouda, Shinichi Ogawa