Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Baba
Yuichiro Baba 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).
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Patent number: 11973386Abstract: Since the shape of the insulating paper is complicated, a forming and bending step of the insulating paper is required, and further there is a step of inserting the insulating paper in the middle of coil forming, which causes a problem of damaging the insulating paper. A fitting state of an insulating paper 201 into the inter-coil gap has an annular taper shape in which a diameter dimension D1 of an annular opening of the insulating paper 201 on a coil end tip side is long, and a diameter dimension d2 of an annular opening of the insulating paper 201 on a stator end face side on the opposite side is short. The insulating paper 201 is made to follow the tapered shape of the inter-coil gap 140 between an inner peripheral coil 120 and an outer peripheral coil 130, and the insulating paper 201 is fitted in a state inclined from the coil end tip side to the stator end face side with respect to an axial direction of the stator 20.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Ryoji Kobayashi, Yuichiro Baba
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Publication number: 20240120821Abstract: A power conversion device according to an embodiment includes: a voltage regulator circuit configured to regulate power from a power source to a desired voltage; an inverter configured to convert the power output from the voltage regulator circuit into an alternate current power; a resonant circuit having inductance and capacitance; a high frequency transformer configured to convert the alternate current power of the inverter; a rectifier configured to convert the alternate current power output from the high frequency transformer into a direct current power; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the resonant circuit; and a controller configured to detect an anomalous resonant frequency when the temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature threshold to control an anomalous state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Tsunehito FUJITA, Toshiyuki BABA, Yuichiro NOZAKI, Hiroomi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11917306Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that decreases a width of a bezel, and restricts a decrease in an image quality of an image captured with a camera. The electronic device includes: a displaying unit; and a capture unit arranged on a side opposite a displaying surface of the displaying unit. The capture unit includes: a plurality of photoelectric-conversion units that converts light that has been made to enter through the displaying unit into electricity; and a plurality of polarization elements arranged on a light entering side of at least one photoelectric-conversion unit of the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Masashi Nakata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Junichi Kanai, Yuichiro Baba
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Patent number: 11855509Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sealing member that provides high sealability in a coolant flow path. A rotating electrical machine includes a stator core around which a winding is wound, a stator frame that supports the stator core, a housing that is disposed outside the stator frame and forms a flow path space with the stator frame, and a sealing member that is disposed between the stator frame and the housing. The housing includes a mounting portion on which the sealing member is mounted. The sealing member includes a base portion that is in contact with the housing and the stator frame, and an attachment portion that protrudes from the base portion and is inserted to the mounting portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Hayato Fujita, Yuichiro Baba, Ryoji Kobayashi, Toshiki Takahashi, Takuya Miyagi, Kenji Nakayama
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Patent number: 11837916Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce stress caused by press-fitting of a shaft on an outer edge portion side of a rotor. A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor iron core, the shaft coupled to the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core includes: an outer edge portion housing a magnet; an inner edge portion coupled to the shaft; and a rib portion having a lightening portion that is formed inside between the outer edge portion and the inner edge portion. The rib portion includes: a through-hole forming portion connected to the outer edge portion and having a through-hole inside; and a bridge portion connecting the through-hole forming portion and the inner edge portion. The bridge portion includes: a second bridge portion connected to the through-hole forming portion and protruding outward; and a first bridge portion having one end connected to the inner edge portion and another end connected to the second bridge portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Miyagi, Toshiki Takahashi, Hayato Fujita, Yuichiro Baba, Kenji Nakayama
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Patent number: 11743604Abstract: An imaging device includes: a pixel array part in which a plurality of pixel groups each including four pixels arranged in a matrix of 2×2 is arrayed. As a pixel group including four pixels, there are formed a first pixel group that includes three pixels that receive red light and one pixel that receives infrared light, a second pixel group that includes three pixels that receive blue light and one pixel that receives infrared light, a third pixel group that includes three pixels that receive green light and one pixel that receives infrared light, and a fourth pixel group that includes three pixels that receive green light and one pixel that receives infrared light. Four pixel groups including the first pixel group, the second pixel group, the third pixel group, and the fourth pixel group are arranged to form a set of 2×2 units in which the first pixel group and the second pixel group are diagonally positioned, and the third pixel group and the fourth pixel group are diagonally positioned.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi Sato, Junichi Sakamoto, Mitsuru Mishio, Yuichiro Baba
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Publication number: 20230142308Abstract: Adhesion between a temperature detection unit and a segment coil is improved to improve temperature following capability. A stator core, a stator winding wire configured with a plurality of connected segment coils attached to the stator core, and a temperature detection unit that is in contact with the segment coil to detect temperature are provided, and among the segment coils, a segment coil at which the temperature detection unit is disposed is disposed to protrude further than other segment coils disposed alongside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke TATENO, Yuichiro BABA, Yuki KONISHI
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Publication number: 20230140768Abstract: Color accuracy in an imaging device is improved. An imaging element includes a plurality of pixels that acquires first information that is information of three primary colors and second information that is information of at least two colors different from the three primary colors and that includes at least one of complementary colors of the three primary colors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Masashi Nakata, Hiroaki Yamajo, Yosuke Yamamoto, Yuichiro Baba, Junichi Kanai
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Publication number: 20220352786Abstract: An object of the present invention is to promote weight reduction while improving torsional stiffness of a motor case of a rotary electric machine. A motor case accommodates a stator, a rotor facing an inner periphery of the stator, and a rotating shaft coupled to the rotor. The motor case includes a peripheral wall which is formed in a tubular shape and has a space accommodating the stator and the rotating shaft on an inside, a flange portion which is formed at one end of the peripheral wall and is coupled to an outside, and damping ribs which are formed at an outer periphery of the peripheral wall, are formed between a position crossing the outer periphery of the peripheral wall and the flange portion on an extension of the rotating shaft in a radial direction from an end portion of the stator, and are constituted by a plurality of ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiki TAKAHASHI, Takuya MIYAGI, Hayato FUJITA, Yuichiro BABA
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Patent number: 11411473Abstract: The degree of freedom in attachment of a temperature sensor is improved. A stator for a rotating electric machine includes: a temperature sensor; and a temperature sensor holder that grips a stator winding portion at a coil end (a portion of a stator winding protruding from both ends of a stator iron core) and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor holder can be deformed in a direction other than a gripping direction in addition to the gripping direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichiro Baba, Mitsuaki Izumi
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Publication number: 20220247255Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sealing member that provides high sealability in a coolant flow path. A rotating electrical machine includes a stator core around which a winding is wound, a stator frame that supports the stator core, a housing that is disposed outside the stator frame and forms a flow path space with the stator frame, and a sealing member that is disposed between the stator frame and the housing. The housing includes a mounting portion on which the sealing member is mounted. The sealing member includes a base portion that is in contact with the housing and the stator frame, and an attachment portion that protrudes from the base portion and is inserted to the mounting portion of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Hayato FUJITA, Yuichiro BABA, Ryoji KOBAYASHI, Toshiki TAKAHASHI, Takuya MIYAGI, Kenji NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220037940Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce stress caused by press-fitting of a shaft on an outer edge portion side of a rotor. A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor iron core, the shaft coupled to the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core includes: an outer edge portion housing a magnet; an inner edge portion coupled to the shaft; and a rib portion having a lightening portion that is formed inside between the outer edge portion and the inner edge portion. The rib portion includes: a through-hole forming portion connected to the outer edge portion and having a through-hole inside; and a bridge portion connecting the through-hole forming portion and the inner edge portion. The bridge portion includes: a second bridge portion connected to the through-hole forming portion and protruding outward; and a first bridge portion having one end connected to the inner edge portion and another end connected to the second bridge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya MIYAGI, Toshiki TAKAHASHI, Hayato FUJITA, Yuichiro BABA, Kenji NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20210266425Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that decreases a width of a bezel, and restricts a decrease in an image quality of an image captured with a camera. The electronic device includes: a displaying unit; and a capture unit arranged on a side opposite a displaying surface of the displaying unit. The capture unit includes: a plurality of photoelectric-conversion units that converts light that has been made to enter through the displaying unit into electricity; and a plurality of polarization elements arranged on a light entering side of at least one photoelectric-conversion unit of the plurality of photoelectric-conversion units.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Masashi Nakata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Junichi Kanai, Yuichiro Baba
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Publication number: 20210203204Abstract: Since the shape of the insulating paper is complicated, a forming and bending step of the insulating paper is required, and further there is a step of inserting the insulating paper in the middle of coil forming, which causes a problem of damaging the insulating paper. A fitting state of an insulating paper 201 into the inter-coil gap has an annular taper shape in which a diameter dimension D1 of an annular opening of the insulating paper 201 on a coil end tip side is long, and a diameter dimension d2 of an annular opening of the insulating paper 201 on a stator end face side on the opposite side is short. The insulating paper 201 is made to follow the tapered shape of the inter-coil gap 140 between an inner peripheral coil 120 and an outer peripheral coil 130, and the insulating paper 201 is fitted in a state inclined from the coil end tip side to the stator end face side with respect to an axial direction of the stator 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kenji NAKAYAMA, Ryoji KOBAYASHI, Yuichiro BABA
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Patent number: 10971977Abstract: Provided is a stator for a rotary electric machine which can suppress the mechanical effects of thermal expansion and contraction of a fixing member for fixing a temperature detector, on a temperature detection element. The stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator coil, a temperature detection unit including a temperature detection element, a protection member extending in a longitudinal direction to cover the temperature detection unit, and a fixing member serving as a positioning mechanism for the temperature detection unit with respect to a stator coil. The fixing member includes a clamp portion for fixing the protection member, and the clamp portion clamps the protection member at a position where the clamp portion does not overlap the temperature detection element in a longitudinal direction of the protection member.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Baba, Taku Ito
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Publication number: 20210006756Abstract: An imaging device includes: a pixel array part in which a plurality of pixel groups each including four pixels arranged in a matrix of 2×2 is arrayed. As a pixel group including four pixels, there are formed a first pixel group that includes three pixels that receive red light and one pixel that receives infrared light, a second pixel group that includes three pixels that receive blue light and one pixel that receives infrared light, a third pixel group that includes three pixels that receive green light and one pixel that receives infrared light, and a fourth pixel group that includes three pixels that receive green light and one pixel that receives infrared light. Four pixel groups including the first pixel group, the second pixel group, the third pixel group, and the fourth pixel group are arranged to form a set of 2×2 units in which the first pixel group and the second pixel group are diagonally positioned, and the third pixel group and the fourth pixel group are diagonally positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: YASUSHI SATO, JUNICHI SAKAMOTO, MITSURU MISHIO, YUICHIRO BABA
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Publication number: 20200259401Abstract: The degree of freedom in attachment of a temperature sensor is improved. A stator for a rotating electric machine includes: a temperature sensor; and a temperature sensor holder that grips a stator winding portion at a coil end (a portion of a stator winding protruding from both ends of a stator core) and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor holder can be deformed in a direction other than a gripping direction in addition to the gripping direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro BABA, Mitsuaki IZUMI
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Patent number: 10666102Abstract: An electric machine capable of easily and efficiently assembling a rotor core to a rotating shaft is provided. A rotor core is formed by laminating a first steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a first protrusion portion to be accommodated in a groove portion of a rotating shaft and a second steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a second protrusion portion to be accommodated in the groove portion of the rotating shaft. The first protrusion portion of the first steel plate has a first engaging portion deformed by a side surface of the groove portion of the rotating shaft. At least a part of the first engaging portion of the first steel plate is disposed in a space formed between a second protrusion portion of the second steel plate and the side surface of a groove portion of the rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromitsu Okamoto, Shinji Yamazaki, Yuichiro Baba, Ryoji Kobayashi, Motoo Kitahara, Yuki Arai
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Patent number: 10547223Abstract: A stator coil that is wound by concentrated winding and installed in a slot of a stator includes a winding part in which a conductor is wound pitch by pitch around a tooth of the stator and connection terminals which extend from both ends of the winding part. The winding part includes a plurality of unit winding subparts of a rectangular annular shape, a unit winding subpart including a pair of first straight-line segments, a pair of second straight-line segments, and curved corner segments which join the first straight-line segments and the second straight-line segments. In one of the pair of first straight-line segments, incline segments where the conductor is shifted by one pitch toward a winding axis direction are formed. In at least one of the unit winding subparts, a part of an incline segment is made by a part of each of the curved corner segments.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Ishigami, Yuichiro Baba, Manabu Oshida, Ryoji Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20190252936Abstract: An electric machine capable of easily and efficiently assembling a rotor core to a rotating shaft is provided. A rotor core is formed by laminating a first steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a first protrusion portion to be accommodated in a groove portion of a rotating shaft and a second steel plate consisting of one or more electromagnetic steel plates having a second protrusion portion to be accommodated in the groove portion of the rotating shaft. The first protrusion portion of the first steel plate has a first engaging portion deformed by a side surface of the groove portion of the rotating shaft. At least a part of the first engaging portion of the first steel plate is disposed in a space formed between a second protrusion portion of the second steel plate and the side surface of a groove portion of the rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Hiromitsu OKAMOTO, Shinji YAMAZAKI, Yuichiro BABA, Ryoji KOBAYASHI, Motoo KITAHARA, Yuki ARAI