Patents by Inventor Takeo Fukuda

Takeo Fukuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20240072490
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a base supporting electrical terminals. Guide pins are mounted on the base. Recesses recessed inward of the guide pins are formed in side walls of the guide pins. The base is embedded in the recesses. The guide pins are held on the base by the embedding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo Fukuda, Keiichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11162180
    Abstract: A hydrogen station includes a state management apparatus that is connected to each of a plurality of systems and manages the states of the plurality of systems, and a safety control apparatus that is formed separately from the main equipment and is connected to the state management apparatus. The state management apparatus performs first watchdog control to check operations of the plurality of systems and the safety control apparatus performs second watchdog control to check an operation of the state management apparatus. The state management apparatus or the safety control apparatus cuts off the power supply from the safety control apparatus to the main equipment if an abnormality is recognized by the second watchdog control, even if the first watchdog control indicates correct operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Takeo Fukuda, Jun Takeuchi, Hisashi Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20200010966
    Abstract: A hydrogen station includes a state management apparatus that is connected to each of a plurality of systems and manages the states of the plurality of systems, and a safety control apparatus that is formed separately from the main equipment and is connected to the state management apparatus. The state management apparatus performs first watchdog control to check operations of the plurality of systems and the safety control apparatus performs second watchdog control to check an operation of the state management apparatus. The state management apparatus or the safety control apparatus cuts off the power supply from the safety control apparatus to the main equipment if an abnormality is recognized by the second watchdog control, even if the first watchdog control indicates correct operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Takeo Fukuda, Jun Takeuchi, Hisashi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 7737594
    Abstract: An axial gap type motor according to the present invention includes: a rotor; and a pair of stators which are arranged to face each other and hold the rotor from both sides thereof along a rotation axis. The rotor includes: electromagnets which are provided on the rotor as main magnets, and arranged along a circumferential direction so that directions of magnetic fluxes thereof are parallel to the rotation axis; and sub permanent magnets which are provided on the rotor, arranged in the vicinities of circumferential end portions of the main magnets, and are magnetized orthogonal to the rotation axis and a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoei Abe, Hirofumi Atarashi, Keiichi Yamamoto, Shigeru Tajima, Makoto Kawakami, Takeo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7560839
    Abstract: A stator of an electric motor includes coil cores, bobbins and coils. The coil cores include six coil cores, which are arranged at equal angular intervals in a circumferential direction. The bobbins respectively cover outer peripheral surfaces of the coil cores, and the coils are respectively wound around outer peripheral surfaces of the bobbins. Among the six coils, each diametrically opposed two coils are electrically connected to each other through the corresponding connection line. Positioning members displace positions of the connection lines from one another, so that interference between the connection lines and interference between the connection line and the coils are limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Sumiya, Kiyoshi Nagata, Hiromi Sakai, Takeo Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20080129136
    Abstract: An axial gap type motor according to the present invention includes: a rotor; and a pair of stators which are arranged to face each other and hold the rotor from both sides thereof along a rotation axis. The rotor includes: electromagnets which are provided on the rotor as main magnets, and arranged along a circumferential direction so that directions of magnetic fluxes thereof are parallel to the rotation axis; and sub permanent magnets which are provided on the rotor, arranged in the vicinities of circumferential end portions of the main magnets, and are magnetized orthogonal to the rotation axis and a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoei ABE, Hirofumi ATARASHI, Keiichi YAMAMOTO, Shigeru TAJIMA, Makoto KAWAKAMI, Takeo FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 7285892
    Abstract: In the field of stators including divided tooth-shaped iron cores and core back iron cores, a stator is provided in which the tooth-shaped iron cores and the core back iron cores can be easily connected to each other, and the tooth-shaped iron cores and the core back iron cores can be prevented from coming off in the radial direction. In the stator of the present invention, a yoke (24) is formed such that the circumferential width thereof is greater at a radial-outer region than at a radial-inner region, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Tsukamoto, Hirofumi Atarashi, Yasuhiro Endo, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Akira Kato, Takeo Arai, Takeo Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Kazuaki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 7253546
    Abstract: An electric motor driven by three-phase electric power includes armature windings that are connected in series, via an armature-winding connecting line, for each of a plurality of groups of three or N circumferentially-adjoining poles to thereby provide three-phase armature windings, wherein N is an arbitrary number equal to a multiple of three. The armature-winding connecting line connects in series the adjoining armature windings in such a way as to not substantially straddle a relatively great part of the outer periphery of any of the adjoining armature windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Fukuda, Hirofumi Atarashi, Shigemitsu Akutsu, Mitsuo Nakazumi, Takashi Kuribayashi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Publication number: 20070103014
    Abstract: A stator of an electric motor includes coil cores, bobbins and coils. The coil cores include six coil cores, which are arranged at equal angular intervals in a circumferential direction. The bobbins respectively cover outer peripheral surfaces of the coil cores, and the coils are respectively wound around outer peripheral surfaces of the bobbins. Among the six coils, each diametrically opposed two coils are electrically connected to each other through the corresponding connection line. Positioning members displace positions of the connection lines from one another, so that interference between the connection lines and interference between the connection line and the coils are limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Sumiya, Kiyoshi Nagata, Hiromi Sakai, Takeo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7166949
    Abstract: An insulating bobbin mounted on a tooth extending from an annular yoke of a stator with a rectangular wire being around the insulating bobbin has a tooth insulating portion for insulating the tooth of the stator and the rectangular wire and an extending portion extending from an end portion of the tooth insulating portion along an inner surface of the yoke, wherein a guide groove for guiding the rectangular wire diagonally relative to a circumferential direction of the tooth insulating portion from an outside of the extending portion is provided in a side of the extending portion on one of axial sides of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okada, Minoru Nakajima, Tatsuro Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takeo Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20060119207
    Abstract: An insulating bobbin mounted on a tooth extending from an annular yoke of a stator with a rectangular wire being around the insulating bobbin has a tooth insulating portion for insulating the tooth of the stator and the rectangular wire and an extending portion extending from an end portion of the tooth insulating portion along an inner surface of the yoke, wherein a guide groove for guiding the rectangular wire diagonally relative to a circumferential direction of the tooth insulating portion from an outside of the extending portion is provided in a side of the extending portion on one of axial sides of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okada, Minoru Nakajima, Tatsuro Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takeo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7026739
    Abstract: An insulating bobbin mounted on a tooth extending from an annular yoke of a stator with a rectangular wire being around the insulating bobbin has a tooth insulating portion for insulating the tooth of the stator and the rectangular wire and an extending portion extending from an end portion of the tooth insulating portion along an inner surface of the yoke, wherein a guide groove for guiding the rectangular wire diagonally relative to a circumferential direction of the tooth insulating portion from an outside of the extending portion is provided in a side of the extending portion on one of axial sides of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okada, Minoru Nakajima, Tatsuro Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takeo Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6965186
    Abstract: An electric motor for a hybrid vehicle includes a rotor disposed and coupled between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, the rotor being coupled, at one end thereof in a direction of a rotation axis, to a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine and, at the other end, to the transmission via a drive plate; a through hole provided to extend in the direction of the rotation axis through the rotor; a fastening hole provided respectively in an end face of the crank shaft and in the drive plate to face, and be in communication with, the through hole; and a fastening member mounted in the through hole and in each of the fastening holes such that the rotor is fixed between the crank shaft and the drive plate. A desired performance is secured easily while preventing an excess increase in the cost for producing rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Fukuda, Kenji Fukuda, Noritaka Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050242677
    Abstract: Coil windings are provided on each predetermined pair of adjoining tooth portions in a 8-like configuration by: winding a lead wire around one of the tooth portions a predetermined number of times, starting from a point adjacent to one side portion of a teeth-adjoining region; then winding the lead wire around the other tooth portion the same number of times, starting from a point adjacent to the other side portion of the teeth-adjoining region opposite from the one side portion; and terminating the winding of the lead wire at a point adjacent to the teeth-adjoining region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Akutsu, Hirofumi Atarashi, Takashi Kuribayashi, Hiroyuki Baba, Takeo Fukuda, Mitsuo Nakazumi
  • Publication number: 20050012421
    Abstract: An electric motor driven by three-phase electric power includes armature windings that are connected in series, via an armature-winding connecting line, for each of a plurality of groups of three or N circumferentially-adjoining poles to thereby provide three-phase armature windings, wherein N is an arbitrary number equal to a multiple of three. The armature-winding connecting line connects in series the adjoining armature windings in such a way as to not substantially straddle a relatively great part of the outer periphery of any of the adjoining armature windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Fukuda, Hirofumi Atarashi, Shigemitsu Akutsu, Mitsuo Nakazumi, Takashi Kuribayashi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Publication number: 20050012425
    Abstract: In the field of stators including divided tooth-shaped iron cores and core back iron cores, a stator is provided in which the tooth-shaped iron cores and the core back iron cores can be easily connected to each other, and the tooth-shaped iron cores and the core back iron cores can be prevented from coming off in the radial direction. In the stator of the present invention, a yoke (24) is formed such that the circumferential width thereof is greater at a radial-outer region than at a radial-inner region, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Toshinori Tsukamoto, Hirofumi Atarashi, Yasuhiro Endo, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Akira Kato, Takeo Arai, Takeo Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Kazuaki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 6838800
    Abstract: The stator includes core back iron cores disposed on outer circumferential sides between a plurality of teeth iron cores disposed at regular intervals of a predetermined distance in a predetermined circumferential direction. A stator winding is disposed on inner circumferential sides between the plurality of teeth iron cores. The stator winding is constituted by a plurality of wire bundles each of which is a bundle of a predetermined number of electric wires and which are connected in parallel with one another. The wire bundles are set so that the number of electric wires constituting a wire bundle located on the inner circumferential side between adjacent teeth iron cores is smaller than the number of electric wires constituting a wire bundle located on the outer circumferential side. Hence, the ratio (L/A) of the circumferential length L of each wire bundle to the sectional area A thereof is set at a value in a predetermined allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hirofumi Atarashi, Yasuhiro Endo, Akira Kato, Toshinori Tsukamoto, Keisuke Urushihara, Takeo Arai, Takeo Fukuda, Kazuaki Igarashi, Hiroyuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20040263015
    Abstract: An insulating bobbin mounted on a tooth extending from an annular yoke of a stator with a rectangular wire being around the insulating bobbin has a tooth insulating portion for insulating the tooth of the stator and the rectangular wire and an extending portion extending from an end portion of the tooth insulating portion along an inner surface of the yoke, wherein a guide groove for guiding the rectangular wire diagonally relative to a circumferential direction of the tooth insulating portion from an outside of the extending portion is provided in a side of the extending portion on one of axial sides of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Okada, Minoru Nakajima, Tatsuro Horie, Mitsuyoshi Takao, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takeo Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20040189140
    Abstract: An electric motor for a hybrid vehicle includes a rotor disposed and coupled between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, the rotor being coupled, at one end thereof in a direction of a rotation axis, to a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine and, at the other end, to the transmission via a drive plate; a through hole provided to extend in the direction of the rotation axis through the rotor; a fastening hole provided respectively in an end face of the crank shaft and in the drive plate to face, and be in communication with, the through hole; and a fastening member mounted in the through hole and in each of the fastening holes such that the rotor is fixed between the crank shaft and the drive plate. A desired performance is secured easily while preventing an excess increase in the cost for producing rotors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Takeo Fukuda, Kenji Fukuda, Noritaka Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6791224
    Abstract: A stator winding which copes with high output and miniaturization turns formed by winding a wire sheaf of a plurality of fine wires bundled together, in an approximately rhombic shape, wherein the turns are arranged so as to be sequentially shifted in the direction of one diagonal of the rhombic shape, to thereby form an approximately rhombic shape coil segment comprising a continuous length of the wire sheaf. A plurality of coil segments are then sequentially shifted and overlapped on one diagonal to form a band shaped body, and a hollow cylindrical body is then formed by rolling the band shaped body into a circular shape. The winding is characterized in that with each turn, opposite end portions located in the direction of an other diagonal orthogonal to the direction of the one diagonal have U-shape bent back portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Ozawa, Takeo Fukuda