Patents by Inventor Yasuo Yamaguchi

Yasuo Yamaguchi 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: 20240128187
    Abstract: An isolation region separates a first circuit region and a second circuit region. A signal conveyance element is an element to convey a signal from the first circuit region to the second circuit region and includes at least one primary coil and two secondary coils. The at least one primary coil has opposite ends electrically connected to the first circuit region and is disposed in the isolation region. The two secondary coils each have opposite ends electrically connected to the second circuit region, are arranged to be magnetically coupled to the at least one primary coil, and are arranged in the isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu YOSHINO, Motoki IMANISHI, Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Toshihiro IMASAKA, Yohei TORII
  • Publication number: 20230352232
    Abstract: Provided is a coil device having a first coil and a second coil insulated by an insulating film, and deformation of the insulating film is suppressed. A coil device includes: a first insulating film provided in contact with a first direction side of a substrate; a spiral-shaped first coil part provided in contact with a first direction side of the first insulating film; a second insulating film provided to cover a first direction side of the first coil part and the first direction side of the first insulating film where the first coil part is not provided; a spiral-shaped second coil part provided in contact with a first direction side of the second insulating film; and a groove provided on a surface on the first direction side of the second insulating film in a region inside an outer peripheral edge of the second coil part in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei TORII, Manabu YOSHINO, Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Takuichiro SHITOMI, Toshihiro IMASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230275119
    Abstract: To provide a transformer element in which pads for wire bonding are made thick while suppressing influence on coil characteristics. A transformer element includes a first coil having a planner shape, a first insulating film provided on an upper side of the first coil, a second coil having a planner shape opposite to the first coil provided on the first insulating film, a first pad provided on the first insulating film and connected to a side of one end of the second coil, a second pad provided on the first pad, and a second insulating film provided on the first insulating film and the second coil so as to cover the second coil, in which an aggregate thickness of the first pad and the second pad is thicker than the second coil, and the second pad at least partially covers the second insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Manabu YOSHINO, Toshihiro IMASAKA, Yohei TORII
  • Publication number: 20230261542
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, and a stator radially outside of the rotor, a reduction gear connected to the motor, a differential connected to the motor through the reduction gear, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, the reduction gear, and the differential, and an oil passage to lead an oil to the motor. The oil passage includes an electric pump and a cooler. The electric pump and the cooler are fixed to the housing. The electric pump includes a portion located vertically below the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Yuki ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11616419
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, a gear connected to the rotor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor and the gear, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to be fed to the motor. The housing space includes a motor chamber to house the motor; and a gear chamber to house the gear. The housing includes a partition to divide the motor chamber and the gear chamber. A bottom portion of the motor chamber is higher than a bottom portion of the gear chamber. A portion of the oil fed to the motor is in a vertically lower region of the motor chamber. A vertically lower region of the partition includes a partition opening to bring the gear chamber and the motor chamber into communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11535513
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a physical quantity detection sensor includes forming a stacked structure having a plurality of sensor devices by bonding together a sensor substrate and a different type substrate of a different material from a material of the sensor substrate, the sensor substrate having a plurality of sensor movable portions therein, and dicing the stacked structure using a dicing blade, wherein a groove is provided in one of the sensor substrate and the different type substrate to penetrate the one of the sensor substrate and the different type substrate, the groove having a width larger than a width of the dicing blade, and in at least part of the dicing, the dicing blade is accommodated in the groove and advances without contacting surfaces on left and right sides of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11515749
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space through the motor to the vertically lower region of the housing space. The oil passage includes a first oil passage extending through an inside of the motor, and a second oil passage extending through an outside of the motor. One of the first oil passage and the second oil passage includes a cooler to cool the oil therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11459226
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a movable portion provided on the substrate, a junction frame provided on the substrate to surround the movable portion, a cap bonded to the junction frame, the cap having a recessed portion and covering a space over the movable portion with the recessed portion facing the movable portion, the cap having an inside wall provided with irregularities, and a prevention film formed on the inside wall of the cap, the prevention film having irregularities on a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Mika Okumura
  • Publication number: 20220223332
    Abstract: A transformer device includes: a planar first coil; a first insulation layer being provided above the first coil; an intermediate layer being provided above the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer being provided above the intermediate layer; a planar second coil being provided above the second insulation layer and facing the first coil; and a pad having conductivity being provided above the second insulation layer and being connected to one end side of the second coil. The pad is disposed at a position at least partially overlapping the intermediate layer in plan view. The intermediate layer has hardness higher than hardness of the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro IMASAKA, Manabu YOSHINO, Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Yohei TORII
  • Patent number: 11359060
    Abstract: There are provided a method of producing reclaimed carbon fibers in which, even if a carbon fiber reinforced resin is not heated at 800° C. or higher, pieces of carbon fiber base material that are contained in the carbon fiber reinforced resin can be directly collected, and the variation in the resin residue content in the collected pieces of carbon fiber base material can be reduced, a device for producing reclaimed carbon fibers that can be used in the production method, and a method of producing a carbon fiber reinforced resin in which reclaimed carbon fibers can be effectively used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Shinryo Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Toyoshima, Tooru Takeda, Takahisa Hara, Koujirou Masuda, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Nakamura, Yousuke Maruta, Masaki Satou
  • Publication number: 20220181069
    Abstract: A transformer element includes: a primary coil including a plurality of primary partial coils having a central axis located on one straight line in an in-plane direction of an insulating film; and a secondary coil including a plurality of secondary partial coils arranged within the insulating film and having a central axis located on the one straight line. One or more of the primary partial coils are each interposed between a pair of the secondary partial coils, or one or more of the secondary partial coils are each interposed between a pair of the primary partial coils in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Manabu YOSHINO, Toshihiro IMASAKA, Yohei TORII
  • Patent number: 11201523
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, a reduction gear including an intermediate gear to rotate about an intermediate axis and connected to the motor, a differential including a ring gear to rotate about a differential axis and connected to the reduction gear, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, the reduction gear, and the differential, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to be fed to the motor. The housing includes a ceiling portion directly above the reduction gear and the differential. At least a portion of the ring gear is lower than a liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing space. The motor axis, the intermediate axis, and the differential axis extend in parallel with one another along a horizontal direction. Each of the intermediate axis and the differential axis is lower than the motor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ishikawa, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita
  • Patent number: 11148937
    Abstract: A method includes attaching an upper substrate to an upper surface of a sensor substrate, forming, on an upper surface of the upper substrate, a mask providing a first opening and a second opening communicating with the first opening, the second opening having a width that decreases with increase in a distance from the first opening, carrying out a sandblast process on the upper substrate exposed to an outside via the first opening and the second opening, allowing the sensor substrate to be exposed to the outside immediately below the first opening, and forming a slope on the upper substrate immediately below the second opening, and forming a first wiring member in contact with the exposed sensor substrate and a second wiring member being in contact with the slope and continuing to the first wiring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11139720
    Abstract: A drive apparatus includes a motor that includes a motor shaft disposed along a first central axis that extends in one direction a housing that includes a first housing portion housing the motor and that is capable of storing oil, a liquid cooling portion disposed in thermal contact with an inverter electrically coupled to the motor, the liquid cooling portion including a refrigerant liquid flowing therein, and a pipe portion connected to the liquid cooling portion, the refrigerant liquid inside the liquid cooling portion flowing in the pipe portion. The pipe portion passes inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11137061
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor, a reduction gear including an intermediate gear to rotate about an intermediate axis, a differential including a ring gear arranged to rotate about a differential axis, a housing, oil in a vertically lower region of a housing space, and an oil passage to feed the oil to the motor. At least a portion of the ring gear is lower than a liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing space. A motor axis, the intermediate axis, and the differential axis to extend in parallel with one another in a horizontal direction. Each of the intermediate axis and the differential axis is lower than the motor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ishikawa, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita
  • Patent number: 11136975
    Abstract: A pump includes an external gear, an internal gear surrounding the external gear to mesh with the external gear, a pump chamber to house the internal gear and the external gear, a suction inlet to suck an oil into the pump chamber, and a discharge outlet to discharge the oil from inside the pump chamber. The housing includes an outer cover having the pump chamber defined therein, and a first oil passage defined in the outer cover and connected to the discharge outlet. The motor shaft includes a second oil passage connected to the first oil passage, and a first through hole to connect the second oil passage to the motor shaft. The second oil passage opens into the first oil passage at the end portion of the motor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210288550
    Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor to rotate about a motor axis, a reduction gear including an intermediate gear to rotate about an intermediate axis and connected to the motor, a differential including a ring gear to rotate about a differential axis and connected to the reduction gear, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, the reduction gear, and the differential, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space to be fed to the motor. The housing includes a ceiling portion directly above the reduction gear and the differential. At least a portion of the ring gear is lower than a liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing space. The motor axis, the intermediate axis, and the differential axis extend in parallel with one another along a horizontal direction. Each of the intermediate axis and the differential axis is lower than the motor axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki ISHIKAWA, Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki MIGITA
  • Patent number: 11022112
    Abstract: A drive apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a motor body including a rotor to rotate about a central axis extending in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of the vehicle, and a stator radially outside of the rotor, a housing including a housing portion to house the motor body, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing portion, and a pump to move the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing portion to feed the oil to the motor body. A liquid surface of the oil in the vertically lower region of the housing portion approaches the central axis to bring the oil into contact with the rotor as a result of the vehicle being inclined forward or rearward in the direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10958136
    Abstract: A drive apparatus includes a motor that includes a motor shaft disposed along a first central axis that extends in one direction, a housing that includes a first housing portion housing the motor and that is capable of storing oil, and a liquid cooling portion disposed in thermal contact with an inverter electrically coupled to the motor, the liquid cooling portion including a refrigerant liquid flowing therein. The housing includes a contact portion with which the liquid cooling portion is in thermal contact. At least a portion of the contact portion is disposed below an oil surface of the oil stored in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Takayuki Migita, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210083548
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a motor, a housing including a housing space to house the motor, oil in a vertically lower region of the housing space, and an oil passage to lead the oil from the vertically lower region of the housing space through the motor to the vertically lower region of the housing space. The oil passage includes a first oil passage extending through an inside of the motor, and a second oil passage extending through an outside of the motor. One of the first oil passage and the second oil passage includes a cooler to cool the oil therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki MIGITA, Yuki ISHIKAWA