Patents by Inventor Teruo Tamura

Teruo Tamura 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: 7372183
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core that is rotatable relative to the stator, and conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends short-circuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining holes defined therein, in which permanent magnets are embedded. The conductor bar holes are positioned in an axial direction and inwardly from the magnet retaining holes. The conductor bars within the holes protrude outwardly from an axial end of the rotor iron core to form projections for securing an end plate to the end of the rotor iron core, the end plate comprising a non-magnetizable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20070108862
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core that is rotatable relative to the stator, and conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining holes defined therein, in which permanent magnets are embedded. The conductor bar holes are positioned in an axial direction and inwardly from the magnet retaining holes. The conductor bars within the holes protrude outwardly from an axial end of the rotor iron core to form projections for securing an end plate to the end of the rotor iron core, the end plate comprising a non-magnetizable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., MATSUSHITA REFRIGERATION COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenji SASAKI, Teruo TAMURA, Michihiro YOSHIDA, Toru TAKIMOTO, Hideyuki TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki UESAKA
  • Patent number: 7183686
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core that is rotatable relative to the stator, and a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20060119205
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core that is rotatable relative to the stator, and a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., MATSUSHITA REFRIGERATION COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 7019427
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core rotatable relative to the stator, and a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20050121991
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core rotatable relative to the stator, and a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 6876119
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core and rotatable relative to the stator, a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industral Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20040169431
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core and rotatable relative to the stator, a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter cage conductor. The rotor also has a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 6727627
    Abstract: A synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor and permanent magnets. The rotor includes a rotor iron core and rotatable relative to the stator, a plurality of conductor bars accommodated within corresponding slots in the rotor iron core. The conductor bars have their opposite ends shortcircuited by respective shortcircuit rings to form a starter squirrel cage conductor. The rotor also have a plurality of magnet retaining slots defined therein at a location on an inner side of the conductor bars, in which hole permanent magnets are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura, Michihiro Yoshida, Toru Takimoto, Hideyuki Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 6547538
    Abstract: A compressor includes a compressing section accommodated in a hermetic container and a motor section, coupled to the compressing section, for driving the compressing section. The motor section has a bored section on an end of the compressing section side and a motor having two rotor poles and including a rotor core in which permanent magnets are buried. The compressing section includes a bearing made of non-magnetic material and extending inside the bored section. This structure reduces both of loss torque due to magnetic attraction between an inner wall of the bored section and the bearing, and eddy-current-loss in the bearing, so that a highly efficient compressor is obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Teruo Tamura, Tatsuyuki Iizuka, Kenji Sasaki, Fumitoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 6181078
    Abstract: The present invention provides a discharge lamp lighting system in which a discharge lamp is lighted by a commercial power source without using a choke transformer, electric power can be saved, and, in order to prevent a bad influence of high harmonic waves generated from the discharge lamp upon other electronic equipment, the impedance ratio resonating with the third high harmonic wave component of the power source is established between a capacitor and a choke coil provided between the discharge lamp and an alternate current power source to facilitate resonance of the third high harmonic wave component, and, when a starting lighting circuit is temporarily turned ON, the discharge lamp is lighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tamurariken
    Inventors: Masao Sekiguchi, Teruo Tamura
  • Patent number: D441715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Refrigeration Co.
    Inventors: Kenji Sasaki, Teruo Tamura