Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core and a magnetic pole portion. The magnetic pole portion includes a magnet portion having at least two layers along a radial direction, which has an outer diameter side magnet portion including an outer diameter side arc magnet and an inner diameter side magnet portion including a pair of inner diameter side arc magnets arranged with a d-axis interposed. In addition, a pair of ribs extending in the radial direction are respectively provided between d-axis side end surfaces of the pair of inner diameter side arc magnets and the d-axis. A gap portion is provided between the pair of ribs to overlap the d-axis.

Abstract: An information processing method that is executed by an information processing device configured to calculate a feature relating to driving by a driver and transmit configured to information on the feature to outside includes specifying whether a current situation is a predetermined situation, calculating information on the predetermined situation as the feature when the information processing device specifies the predetermined situation, statistically quantifying the feature, and transmitting the statistically quantified feature to outside.

Abstract: An information processing device calculates a feature related to driving of a driver. The information processing device includes: a processor that calculates the feature; and a transmission unit that transmits the calculated feature to an outside. The processor identifies whether there is a predetermined situation in which a risk in relation to a preceding vehicle occurs, and calculates, as the feature, information related to a behavior of the driver for reducing the risk when the predetermined situation is identified.

Abstract: An information processing device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to acquire a time lag between the time of occurrence of fluctuation in the rotational speed of a first wheel on the front side of a vehicle and the time of occurrence of fluctuation in the rotational speed of a second wheel on the rear side of the vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to determine the condition of a road surface using the determination result as to whether the fluctuation in the rotational speed of a left wheel of the vehicle and the fluctuation in the rotational speed of a right wheel of the vehicle are synchronized and the time lag.

Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core, and a magnet press-fitted into a magnet insertion hole provided in the rotor core, the magnet has a hard magnetic body and a resin layer that is laminated on the hard magnetic body, that is disposed on an outward side of the rotor core in a radial direction and that includes a soft magnetic body, and the resin layer has a groove portion extending in a direction crossing an insertion direction.

Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core in which a shaft through-hole and a magnet insertion hole that form a plurality of layers in a radial direction toward a central axis of the shaft through-hole are formed, and a magnet press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole, and the rotor core includes a reinforcement part between the shaft through-hole and a first magnet insertion hole disposed on outermost side in the radial direction.

Abstract: A saturation portion which is magnetically saturated during no-load operation of the rotary electric machine is formed in the rotor core at a position facing at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet when viewed in the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the saturation portion includes at least one core protrusion firmed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet such that a part of the rotor core extends in a direction intersecting the first main surface or the second main surface, and at least one nonmagnetic portion formed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. Teeth portions of the stator each include a base portion that protrudes in a radially inward direction of a yoke portion, a flange portion that is wider than the base portion, and an expanding portion interposed between the base portion and the flange portion. An angle of intersection between the base portion and the expanding portion is 108° to 130°. A distance (thickness) from an inner circumferential side end part to an outer circumferential side end part of the flange portion is 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a first magnet and a fourth magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in radial directions of a stator, and a second magnet and a third magnet whose magnetic fields are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. In the stator, slots are formed between adjacent ones of teeth portions. An electromagnetic coil is provided in the slots. A distal end on an inner circumferential side of the electromagnetic coil is offset from an inner circumferential side end part of a base portion, which is a part of the teeth portion, toward a yoke portion.

Abstract: A first magnet, a second magnet, a fourth magnet, and a third magnet are retained on a rotor of a rotary electric machine in this order alongside one another in a circumferential direction. Magnetic fields of the first magnet and the fourth magnet are oriented in radial directions of a stator. Magnetic fields of the second magnet and the third magnet are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. When the rotor is viewed in plan from above or below, a ratio of a total surface area of the first magnet and the fourth magnet to a total surface area of the second magnet and the third magnet is S14:S23=1:0.2 to 1:1.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotating electrical machine includes a substantially annular rotor core and a plurality of magnetic pole portions formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. Each magnetic pole portion includes an outer diameter side magnet portion configured by an outer diameter side circular arc magnet arranged so as to protrude radially inward and an inner diameter side magnet portion located radially inward of the outer diameter side magnet portion and configured by a pair of inner diameter side arc magnets arranged so as to radially inward of the radially outer magnet portion. Each arc magnet is an arc magnet in which an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface have the same arc center.

Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first and second circuits connected to a first and second phase windings of a rotary electric machine, respectively. The first circuit includes first to fourth arms and a first switch. The midpoints of the first and second arms are connected to respective ends of a first winding unit, the midpoints of the third and fourth arms are connected to respective ends of a second winding unit, and the first switch is connected between the midpoints of the second and third arms. The second circuit includes fifth to eighth arms and a second switch. The midpoints of fifth and sixth arms are connected to respective ends of a third winding unit, the midpoints of seventh and eighth arms are connected to respective ends of a fourth winding unit, and the second switch is connected between the midpoints of the sixth and seventh arm.

Abstract: A power supply circuit configured to supply electric power to a rotary electric machine that includes: a first phase winding including a first winding portion and a second winding portion; and a second phase winding including a third winding portion and a fourth winding portion, the power supply circuit including: a first circuit connected to the first phase winding; and a second circuit connected to the second phase winding. The first circuit includes: first to third arms, and a first switch. The second circuit includes: fourth to sixth arms; and a second switch.

Abstract: A saturation portion which is magnetically saturated during no-load operation of the rotary electric machine is formed in the rotor core at a position facing at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet when viewed in the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the saturation portion includes at least one core protrusion firmed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet such that a part of the rotor core extends in a direction intersecting the first main surface or the second main surface, and at least one nonmagnetic portion formed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: In at least one of the magnet accommodating holes of the rotor core, the sheet-shaped member in which a distance between the first main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the first wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes or a distance between the second main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the second wall portion of each of the magnets accommodating hole is a first distance, and the sheet-shaped member in which a distance between the first main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the first wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes or a distance between the second main surface of each of the permanent magnets and the second wall portion of each of the magnet accommodating holes is a second distance are laminated in the axial direction. The first distance is smaller than the second distance.

Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core, and a magnet press-fitted into a magnet insertion hole provided in the rotor core, the magnet has a hard magnetic body and a resin layer that is laminated on the hard magnetic body, that is disposed on an outward side of the rotor core in a radial direction and that includes a soft magnetic body, and the resin layer has a groove portion extending in a direction crossing an insertion direction.

Abstract: A rotor of the present invention includes a rotor core in which a shaft through-hole and a magnet insertion hole that form a plurality of layers in a radial direction toward a central axis of the shaft through-hole are formed, and a magnet press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole, and the rotor core includes a reinforcement part between the shaft through-hole and a first magnet insertion hole disposed on outermost side in the radial direction.

Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core, and a ring member. The rotor core is fastened and fixed to the ring member. The outer circumferential surface of the rotor coreincludes a groove portion which is recessed radially inward at a position overlapping the q-axis in the circumferential direction, and a protruding portion which protrudes radially outward from the groove portion. The protruding portion is provided with a pair of flange portions which protrude toward the one side and the other side in the circumferential direction from a base end portion connected to the groove portion. An outer circumferential surface of a tip end portion of the protruding portion and outer circumferential surface of the pair of flange portions have an arc shape having the same center and the same diameter as the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes: an annular stator including coils disposed in a stator core; and an annular rotor disposed inside the stator and opposite to an inner circumferential wall of the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core having receiving holes for magnetic material members. The receiving holes extend in an axial direction of a drive shaft and are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The rotor includes a pair of protrusions provided in each receiving hole. The protrusions jut out from an inner wall of the receiving hole to hold a magnetic material member. Each magnetic material member includes a hard magnetic material member and a soft magnetic material member stacked one on another in a direction of magnetization. The soft magnetic material member is disposed to border the inner wall of the receiving hole at positions where the protrusions are provided.

Abstract: A first magnet, a second magnet, a fourth magnet, and a third magnet are retained on a rotor of a rotary electric machine in this order alongside one another in a circumferential direction. Magnetic fields of the first magnet and the fourth magnet are oriented in radial directions of a stator. Magnetic fields of the second magnet and the third magnet are oriented in circumferential directions of the stator. When the rotor is viewed in plan from above or below, a ratio of a total surface area of the first magnet and the fourth magnet to a total surface area of the second magnet and the third magnet is S14:S23=1:0.2 to 1:1.