Patents by Inventor Shohei Fujimoto

Shohei Fujimoto 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: 11863052
    Abstract: A drive device includes a motor including a rotor rotatable about a central axis, a transmission connected to the motor, and a housing including a motor housing accommodating the motor and a transmission housing accommodating the transmission. A first fluid is accommodated in the transmission housing. The housing includes a first flow path through which the first fluid flows and a second flow path through which the second fluid flows. The first flow path includes a supply flow path that supplies the first fluid in the transmission housing to the inside of the motor housing, and a collection flow path that extends from the inside of the motor housing to the inside of the transmission housing. At least a portion of the second flow path is located radially outside the motor. At least a portion of the collection flow path is located radially outside the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Takamura, Hibiki Takada, Shohei Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20230407958
    Abstract: In a drive device, a first flow path of a fluid connects a gear accommodation portion and an inlet of a pump. A second flow path connects an outlet of the pump and one end of a third flow path via a cooler. The third flow path is inside a partition wall of a housing and intersects a rotation axis of a first shaft. A fourth flow path connects another end of the third flow path and one end of a fifth flow path. The fifth flow path is inside a gear side lid of the housing. Another end of the fifth flow path is connected to one end of a second shaft in an axial direction. One end of a sixth flow path is connected to another end of the third flow path. Another end of the sixth flow path is inside a housing tubular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Shuhei NAKAMATSU, Yusuke MAKINO
  • Patent number: 11781643
    Abstract: In a drive device, a first flow path of a fluid connects a gear accommodation portion and an inlet of a pump. A second flow path connects an outlet of the pump and one end of a third flow path via a cooler. The third flow path is inside a partition wall of a housing and intersects a rotation axis of a first shaft. A fourth flow path connects another end of the third flow path and one end of a fifth flow path. The fifth flow path is inside a gear side lid of the housing. Another end of the fifth flow path is connected to one end of a second shaft in an axial direction. One end of a sixth flow path is connected to another end of the third flow path. Another end of the sixth flow path is inside a housing tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Fujimoto, Ayumi Nakagawa, Shuhei Nakamatsu, Yusuke Makino
  • Patent number: 11735975
    Abstract: A transmission housing of a drive device is fixed to one side in an axial direction of a motor housing that includes a first housing and a second housing fixed to another side in the axial direction of the first housing. The transmission housing includes a third housing fixed to the first housing and a fourth housing fixed to one side in the axial direction of the third housing. A bolt fixing the first and second housings passes through a through-hole of the second housing from the another side in the axial direction, and is fixed to a bolt hole of the first housing. A bolt fixing the second and third housings passes through a through hole of the first housing from the another side in the axial direction, and is fixed to a bolt hole of the third housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Fujimoto, Hibiki Takada, Shuhei Nakamatsu, Keisuke Aso
  • Publication number: 20220352790
    Abstract: A drive device includes a motor having a rotor rotatable about a motor axis, a motor housing accommodating the motor, an inverter housing accommodating an inverter electrically connected to the motor, and a gear housing accommodating a gear portion. The inverter housing opens upwardly and is arranged beside the motor housing in a direction intersecting the motor axis. The inverter housing has a bottom wall, and first through fourth side walls extending upward from the bottom wall and surrounding the bottom wall. The first and second side walls face each other, and the third and fourth side walls face each other. The inverter housing includes a first rib extending upward from the bottom wall and connecting the first side wall and the second side wall, and a second rib extending upward from the bottom wall and connecting the third side wall and the fourth side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki AKAISHI, Kazuyuki YAMAMOTO, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Shohei FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220307586
    Abstract: In a drive device, a first flow path of a fluid connects a gear accommodation portion and an inlet of a pump. A second flow path connects an outlet of the pump and one end of a third flow path via a cooler. The third flow path is inside a partition wall of a housing and intersects a rotation axis of a first shaft. A fourth flow path connects another end of the third flow path and one end of a fifth flow path. The fifth flow path is inside a gear side lid of the housing. Another end of the fifth flow path is connected to one end of a second shaft in an axial direction. One end of a sixth flow path is connected to another end of the third flow path. Another end of the sixth flow path is inside a housing tubular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Ayumi NAKAGAWA, Shuhei NAKAMATSU, Yusuke MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20220294317
    Abstract: A partition wall of a drive device has a first partition wall and a second partition wall. The first partition wall extends in a direction intersecting with an axial direction and covers one end portion of a motor housing in the axial direction. The second partition wall extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction and is disposed on one side in the first direction perpendicular to the axial direction with respect to the first partition wall, and covers the other end portion of the gear housing in the axial direction together with the first partition wall. The second partition wall is disposed on one side in the axial direction with respect to the first partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Keigo NAKAMURA, Keisuke FUKUNAGA, Shohei FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11387490
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, which includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): in the formula (1), Q represents an optionally substituted alkenylene group having 4 to 7 carbon atoms and forming a cyclic group together with the sulfur atom of the sulfonyl group, X represents a sulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group, or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or the like, and n represents 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kono, Shohei Fujimoto, Yasuyuki Takai, Koji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220209619
    Abstract: A transmission housing of a drive device is fixed to one side in an axial direction of a motor housing that includes a first housing and a second housing fixed to another side in the axial direction of the first housing. The transmission housing includes a third housing fixed to the first housing and a fourth housing fixed to one side in the axial direction of the third housing. A bolt fixing the first and second housings passes through a through-hole of the second housing from the another side in the axial direction, and is fixed to a bolt hole of the first housing. A bolt fixing the second and third housings passes through a through hole of the first housing from the another side in the axial direction, and is fixed to a bolt hole of the third housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Hibiki TAKADA, Shuhei NAKAMATSU, Keisuke ASO
  • Publication number: 20220209625
    Abstract: A drive device includes a motor including a rotor rotatable about a central axis, a transmission connected to the motor, and a housing including a motor housing accommodating the motor and a transmission housing accommodating the transmission. A first fluid is accommodated in the transmission housing. The housing includes a first flow path through which the first fluid flows and a second flow path through which the second fluid flows. The first flow path includes a supply flow path that supplies the first fluid in the transmission housing to the inside of the motor housing, and a collection flow path that extends from the inside of the motor housing to the inside of the transmission housing. At least a portion of the second flow path is located radially outside the motor. At least a portion of the collection flow path is located radially outside the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kengo TAKAMURA, Hibiki TAKADA, Shohei FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220173641
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor with a rotor rotatable about a motor shaft and a stator located radially outside the rotor, an inverter to supply power to the motor, a housing provided with a motor housing space that houses the motor and an inverter housing space that houses the inverter, and a first bus bar that electrically connects the motor and the inverter. The housing includes a partition wall portion that partitions the motor housing space and the inverter housing space and is provided with a through hole penetrating in the axial direction. The first bus bar is connected to a coil wire extending from the stator at an end on one side in the axial direction of the stator in the motor housing space, and extends to the inverter housing space through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Shuhei NAKAMATSU, Keigo NAKAMURA, Keisuke FUKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210225553
    Abstract: There is provided a partial discharge-resistant paint that is excellent in the dispersibility of alumina particles, has an industrially suitable viscosity, and can form a coating that is excellent in partial discharge resistance and insulating properties. A partial discharge-resistant paint comprising at least one heat-resistant resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide resin, a polyimide resin, a polyimide resin precursor, a polyamide-imide resin, a polyetherimide resin, and a polyester-imide resin; alumina particles having an aspect ratio of 2 to 99, and represented by the formula: Al2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiko KATO, Shohei FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11038201
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for non-aqueous electrolyte solutions, which include a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), X represents a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or the like, and R2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or represents a divalent group formed of a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, and an oxygen atom that constitutes a cyclic structure together with the hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kono, Shohei Fujimoto, Koji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210149875
    Abstract: A fault indicator diagnostic system and fault indicator diagnostic method, with which a fault indicator of a machine can be more accurately diagnosed, has an operation sensor data table which indicates an association between sensor data and an acquisition time of the sensor data. An operation mode data table indicates an association between an operation mode and a time of operation in the operation mode. An operation data table is created by merge processing the operation sensor data table and the operation mode data table comprising the sensor data with regard to the operation mode at a given time. The system compares, in a given operation mode, a threshold determined on the basis of a diagnostic model created by learning from normal sensor data with a value computed on the basis of the diagnostic model from the sensor data to be diagnosed, and determines whether a malfunction is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Toshiyuki ODAKA, Junji NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200266680
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor arranged to rotate about a motor axis, and a stator arranged opposite to the rotor; a housing arranged to house the motor; an inverter electrically connected to the motor; a busbar arranged to connect the motor and the inverter to each other; and a cover portion. The housing includes a motor housing portion arranged to house the motor, a top wall portion arranged to cover an upper side of the motor housing portion, and a work-use hole portion arranged to pass through the top wall portion. The cover portion is arranged to close an upper opening of the work-use hole portion. The cover portion includes a pressure regulating passage arranged to regulate the pressure in an interior of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Kazunori TATEGATA, Keisuke FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 10615456
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, comprising a disulfonic acid amide compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), A represents a CmH(2m-n)Zn, in which m represents an integer of 1 to 6, n represents an integer of 1 to 12, 2m-n is 0 or more, and Z represents a halogen atom, R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is substituted with a phenyl group optionally having a substituent, or the like, and R1 and R2, and R3 and R4 may be linked respectively to form an alkylene group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms in total which forms a cyclic structure together with a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Fujimoto, Yuki Kono, Koji Fujita
  • Patent number: 10573929
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, comprising a disulfonic acid amide compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), A represents a CmH(2m-n)Zn, in which m represents an integer of 1 to 6, n represents an integer of 1 to 12, 2m-n is 0 or more, and Z represents a halogen atom, R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is substituted with a phenyl group optionally having a substituent, or the like, and R1 and R2, and R3 and R4 may be linked respectively to form an alkylene group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms in total which forms a cyclic structure together with a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Fujimoto, Yuki Kono, Koji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190393552
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, which includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): in the formula (1), Q represents an optionally substituted alkenylene group having 4 to 7 carbon atoms and forming a cyclic group together with the sulfur atom of the sulfonyl group, X represents a sulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group, or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or the like, and n represents 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki KONO, Shohei FUJIMOTO, Yasuyuki TAKAI, Koji FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20190181499
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, comprising a disulfonic acid amide compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), A represents a CmH(2m-n)Zn, in which m represents an integer of 1 to 6, n represents an integer of 1 to 12, 2m-n is 0 or more, and Z represents a halogen atom, R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is substituted with a phenyl group optionally having a substituent, or the like, and R1 and R2, and R3 and R4 may be linked respectively to form an alkylene group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms in total which forms a cyclic structure together with a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Shohei FUJIMOTO, Yuki KONO, Koji FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180248226
    Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for non-aqueous electrolyte solutions, which include a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), X represents a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or the like, and R2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or represents a divalent group formed of a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which may be substituted with a halogen atom, and an oxygen atom that constitutes a cyclic structure together with the hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Yuki KONO, Shohei FUJIMOTO, Koji FUJITA