Patents by Inventor Shinji Nishimura

Shinji Nishimura 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: 7560851
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes: a permanent magnet holding portion that is disposed integrally so as to project from the yoke portion on a portion of the pair of yoke portions that faces an inner circumferential surface near a tip end of the plurality of claw-shaped magnetic pole portions; an arc-shaped magnet holding aperture that has a C-shaped cross section that is formed in each of the permanent magnet holding portions so as to have an aperture center that is oriented axially, in which at least one axial end is open, and that opens radially outward; a magnet holding member that is made of a nonmagnetic material that is fitted into and held by the magnet holding aperture; and a permanent magnet that is held by the magnet holding member so as to face the inner circumferential surface near the tip end of the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, that is prepared into a prismatic body that has a quadrilateral cross section perpendicular to an axial direction, and that is magnetically oriented in a reverse di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Inoue, Kanji Shinkawa, Shinji Nishimura, Hiroyuki Akita, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Norihiro Murata, Masao Morita
  • Patent number: 7508172
    Abstract: A failure detection apparatus for an alternator can detect a short circuit failure of a diode in a full-wave rectifier with high precision by use of a simple circuit structure based on the state of a detection terminal when the alternator generates no electricity. The rectifier circuit has a pair of diodes connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal, respectively, of a battery. A failure detection circuit has the detection terminal connected to a P terminal or a neutral point of an armature coil, and makes a failure determination in the following manner. When in the non-power generation state of the armature coil, the detection terminal is in a floating or high impedance state, the full-wave rectifier circuit is determined to be normal, whereas when otherwise, the full-wave rectifier circuit is determined to be in a failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Nishimura, Katsuyuki Sumimoto
  • Publication number: 20090066175
    Abstract: A magnet seat is disposed on a second yoke portion and projects into respective spaces between circumferentially-adjacent pairs of second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, and permanent magnets are disposed only near the second yoke portion so as to be held by the magnet seat so as to face an inner circumferential surface near a tip end of each of a plurality of first claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. Each of the permanent magnets is magnetically oriented in a reverse direction to an orientation of a magnetic field that a field coil produces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao MORITA, Masaya Inoue, Kanji Shinkawa, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7498776
    Abstract: A highly reliable control device for an AC generator without using a transistor and diode having high withstand voltage is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7477357
    Abstract: A scan exposure apparatus includes first and second light-shielding plates arranged within an illumination optical system for illuminating an original, the plates defining a region of the original to be illuminated in a direction of the scan. The scan exposure apparatus further includes a rotation mechanism that rotates at least one of the first and second light-shielding plates in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the illumination optical system so as to adjust distribution of widths in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the scan, each of the widths being a width of the region in the direction of the scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20090009021
    Abstract: First and second magnet holding apertures are disposed through first and second permanent magnet holding seats that are disposed so as to protrude from first and second yoke portions so as to have aperture centers that are oriented in an axial direction. Cylindrical resin first and second magnet loading portions are disposed so as to project integrally on first and second fans such that central axes thereof are oriented in the axial direction, and first and second permanent magnets are insert-molded into the first and second magnet loading portions. The first and second fans are fixed to first and second pole cores by fitting the first and second magnet loading portions together with the first and second magnet holding apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanji Shinkawa, Masaya Inoue, Hiroyuki Akita, Norihiro Murata, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20080315701
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine includes: a permanent magnet holding portion that is disposed integrally so as to project from the yoke portion on a portion of the pair of yoke portions that faces an inner circumferential surface near a tip end of the plurality of claw-shaped magnetic pole portions; an arc-shaped magnet holding aperture that has a C-shaped cross section that is formed in each of the permanent magnet holding portions so as to have an aperture center that is oriented axially, in which at least one axial end is open, and that opens radially outward; a magnet holding member that is made of a nonmagnetic material that is fitted into and held by the magnet holding aperture; and a permanent magnet that is held by the magnet holding member so as to face the inner circumferential surface near the tip end of the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, that is prepared into a prismatic body that has a quadrilateral cross section perpendicular to an axial direction, and that is magnetically oriented in a reverse di
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Inoue, Kanji Shinkawa, Shinji Nishimura, Hiroyuki Akita, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Norihiro Murata, Masao Morita
  • Publication number: 20080303361
    Abstract: A positive-side heatsink and a negative-side heatsink that constitute a rectifier are disposed inside a case at a rear end of a rotor so as to be separated axially such that front surfaces of a positive-side base portion and a negative-side base portion face each other. The negative-side heatsink is disposed such that radiating fins that are disposed so as to project from a rear surface of the negative-side base portion are positioned radially outside a cooling fan so as to face a coil end of a stator coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi ITO, Shinji NISHIMURA, Atsushi HIROKADO
  • Publication number: 20080284386
    Abstract: A highly reliable control device for an AC generator without using a transistor and diode having high withstand voltage is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20080238242
    Abstract: The dynamoelectric machine includes: a Lundell rotor that has: a pole core in which tapered claw-shaped magnetic pole portions are arranged in rows circumferentially so as to extend axially alternately from two axial ends and intermesh with each other; and a field coil that is mounted to the pole core; and a stator that has: a cylindrical stator core that surrounds the rotor so as to have a predetermined air gap; and a stator coil that is mounted to the stator core. The stator core is prepared by laminating and integrating dull finish magnetic steel plates, and a space factor of an iron portion in the stator core is in a range of 96 percent plus or minus 0.5 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki YOSHIZAWA, Haruyuki Kometani, Shinji Nishimura, Masahiko Fujita, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080240729
    Abstract: A data transmission system comprising a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter comprises a phase encoder for partitioning consecutive bit data to be input in data in units of X bits; and converting a 2x value indicated by the data of X bits in unique association with an (N/2-1)Y value of a Y symbol, and for confining use of signal points, from among the signal points of N-ary phase, only to a signal point P1 (at a phase angle 0) and N/2-2 signal points P(2n+2) (where 1?n<N/2-2). The receiver comprises a phase decoder for notifying an error detection when a signal point other than a signal point that are permitted to be used is received, and performing an error correction by changing the signal point to a signal point which has a smaller hamming distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Hidehiro Toyoda, Kenro Sekine, Shinya Sasaki, Shinji Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20080179986
    Abstract: Respective divided segments of a collet are moved radially outward by moving an arbor axially. The respective divided segments thereby press an inner circumferential surface of a stator core of a stator from radially inside such that the stator is held coaxially by the collet. Next, shaping rollers are lowered so as to press an outer circumferential surface of the stator core. The stator is rotated by rotating the collet in that state. Thus, the inner circumferential surface of the stator core is compressed and plastically deformed so as to conform to the collet and the outer circumferential surface of the stator core is compressed and plastically deformed by the shaping rollers, correcting the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the stator core so as to be coaxial and so as to have a high degree of roundness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HARADA, Toshiaki KASHIHARA, Kensaku KUROKI, Yasukazu NISHIMURA, Shogo OKAMOTO, Shinji NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20080179985
    Abstract: An alternator of high quality and high performance includes a rotor, a stator core arranged so as to surround the rotor and having a plurality of axially extending slots arranged at a predetermined circumferential pitch, and a stator having a stator winding fitted into the slots. The stator core includes element iron cores of a hexahedral shape which are deformed to curve, with their adjacent end faces being abutted and bonded to each other, each of the element iron cores being composed of thin steel plates laminated and integrated with one another, with concave and convex portions formed on the thin steel plates being fitting with each other. The concave and convex portions are formed on a borderline between a compressive region of the stator core at an inner diameter side thereof and a tensile region of the stator core at an outer diameter side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wakaki Miyaji, Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7400076
    Abstract: The rotating electric machine has a stator coil wound around a stator, a magnetic pole and a signal rotor fixed to a rotor, and a detection stator, disposed opposite to the signal rotor, for detecting the rotational position of the rotor, characterized by further comprising an adjuster for adjusting the position of the signal rotor or the detection stator by supplying a direct current to a predetermined phase of the stator coil and then a direct current to a different phase from the predetermined phase to rotate the rotor by a predetermined angle or more and constrain the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Utsumi, Shinji Nishimura, Yoshihito Asao
  • Publication number: 20080143991
    Abstract: A scan exposure apparatus includes first and second light-shielding plates arranged within an illumination optical system for illuminating an original, the plates defining a region of the original to be illuminated in a direction of the scan. The scan exposure apparatus further includes a rotation mechanism that rotates at least one of the first and second light-shielding plates in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the illumination optical system so as to adjust distribution of widths in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the scan, each of the widths being a width of the region in the direction of the scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7388346
    Abstract: To obtain an adjustment method of rotor position detection of a synchronous motor with excellent productivity. An adjustment method of rotor position detection of a synchronous motor, wherein a synchronous motor having a stator wound around a stator coil and a rotor provided with magnetic poles, and a rotational position detector having a sensor rotor fixed to the rotor and a sensor stator disposed opposite to the sensor rotor for detecting a rotational position of the rotor are provided, and wherein an amount of deviation between the rotational position of the synchronous motor determined from an output of the rotational position detector and an actual rotational position of the synchronous motor is adjusted, the method comprising: a step of detecting the amount of deviation during rotation of the synchronous motor; and a step of mechanically adjusting a relative position between the rotational position detector and the synchronous motor based on a detected value of the amount of deviation, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Nishimura, Yoshinobu Utsumi, Yoshihito Asao
  • Patent number: 7380556
    Abstract: A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (1, 1); each having heating block (2), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (7); at least one holding part (1) containing liquid container (5), liquid holder (4) that brings the liquid in liquid container (5) in contact with heating block (2) as the liquid in liquid container (5) is transferred to heating block (2), and steam path (19) that sprays from holding surface (7) the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside liquid container (5) is heated by the contact surface with heating block (2) of liquid holder (4). Hair is held between the holding surfaces (7, 7) of the pair of holding parts (1, 1), and under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path (19), the hairstyle is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose A. Carballada, Dennis E. Kuhlman, David M. Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Patent number: 7358642
    Abstract: A field coil is housed inside a coil housing space of a pole core, and an annular body that is made of an insulating resin is fixed to a portion of a shaft that projects outward at a first end of the pole core. A pair of slip rings are fixed to the annular body so as to be separated axially, and a pair of connecting terminals are disposed on the annular body such that first ends are respectively connected to the pair of slip rings and second ends project radially outward from a flange portion of the annular body. In addition, a coil winding start end and winding finish end of the field coil are led out through a valley portion between first claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, and are respectively connected to projecting portions of the connecting terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7353783
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation device for an engine having a cylinder head with a suction port and an exhaust port, provided with a mechanism for recirculating a portion of exhaust gas to the suction side of the cylinder head, comprises a connection hole is opened through a wall of the cylinder head disposed between the suction port and the exhaust port. The connection hole is bored vertically slantwise. The connection hole at the suction side is opened along the direction of swirls of sucked air. A throttle is disposed in at least either a suction flow passage communicating with the suction port or an exhaust flow passage communicating with the exhaust port so that the opening area of the suction flow passage or the exhaust flow passage can be adjusted by the throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Nishimura, Hiroki Masuda, Hiroyuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 7309936
    Abstract: To obtain a resolver in which the winding portion is prevented from breaking by corrosion caused by water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Utsumi, Shinji Nishimura