Patents Assigned to Nidec Corporation
  • Patent number: 12081080
    Abstract: A partition wall of a drive device has a first partition wall and a second partition wall. The first partition wall extends in a direction intersecting with an axial direction and covers one end portion of a motor housing in the axial direction. The second partition wall extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction and is disposed on one side in the first direction perpendicular to the axial direction with respect to the first partition wall, and covers the other end portion of the gear housing in the axial direction together with the first partition wall. The second partition wall is disposed on one side in the axial direction with respect to the first partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Nakamura, Keisuke Fukunaga, Shohei Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 12082367
    Abstract: A tank includes a housing, a tank chamber inflow hole, a tank chamber outflow hole, and a protruding flow path. The housing includes a tank chamber. Liquid flows into the tank chamber from the tank chamber inflow hole. Liquid in the tank chamber flows out from the tank chamber outflow hole. The protruding flow path is connected to the tank chamber outflow hole, and protrudes into the tank chamber from the tank chamber outflow hole. With this arrangement, outflow of gas from the tank chamber through which liquid flows is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Takashima, Takehito Tamaoka, Toshihiko Tokeshi
  • Patent number: 12081069
    Abstract: A stator according to an aspect of the present invention includes a stator core having a core back in an annular shape surrounding a central axis of the stator, and a plurality of teeth extending radially inward from the core back. The stator core has a hole provided in a radially outer portion of the stator core, the hole extending in an axial direction, and a weld provided on a radially outer surface of the stator core. The weld includes a first weld provided on the radially outer surface of the stator core on a virtual line connecting the hole and the central axis as viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Sugaya
  • Patent number: 12071227
    Abstract: As one aspect of this multicopter, the multicopter flies on the basis of information from a flight controller and is provided with the following: a main body section; a plurality of propulsion units having rotating rotary wing, the propulsion units being attached to the main body section; motors installed in the main body section or the propulsion units; at least one first detection unit that detects motor information; and a wireless transmission unit that wirelessly transmits, to the outside, the motor information detected by the first detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihisa Imaizumi, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 12074491
    Abstract: A motor includes: a rotor including a shaft rotatable about an axis extending in a vertical direction; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a stationary portion including a stator; and a lead wire electrically connected to the stator. The stationary portion includes a housing located radially outward of the bearing and radially inward of the stator, and supporting the bearing and the stator, a base portion which is located axially below the stator and to which the housing is fixed, and a fixing member fixed to the base portion. The fixing member includes a cover portion covering a shaft lower end portion located at an axially lower end of the shaft when viewed from axially below. The cover portion has an opening portion that opens in an axial direction. The opening portion is located radially more inside than an inner peripheral surface of the shaft when viewed from axially below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Takemoto, Shinji Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20240283318
    Abstract: A motor includes a busbar holder and a power terminal electrically connected to the busbar holder. The busbar holder has a hole accommodating an end of the power terminal. At least one portion of an inner wall of the hole is defined with an internal thread. At least one portion of the end of the power terminal is defined with an external thread. The power terminal and the busbar holder are connected by threaded fitting of the external thread and the internal thread. In this way, the power terminal and the busbar holder are connected through threaded fitting, so that the stability of the electrical connection between the power terminal and the busbar holder is improved, and the failure rate of the motor is thus decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zezhong HAN, Baojun LUAN
  • Publication number: 20240283322
    Abstract: A motor and an electrical apparatus are provided. The motor includes a housing and a cover. The cover includes a recess recessed on a surface from an axial side to an axial other side. The recess is located on a portion of an edge on a radially outer side of the cover. An edge on a radially outer side of the recess is in interference fit with an inner circumference of the housing. The surface of the cover on the axial side is used for being coated with an adhesive. By defining the recess on a portion of the edge of the cover and allowing the edge on the radially outer side of the recess to be in interference fit with the inner circumference of the housing, the processing process of the motor is simplified, and the adhesive is prevented from overflowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wenxian SHI
  • Patent number: 12061057
    Abstract: A heat dissipator includes a plate-shaped base portion that extends in a first direction along a direction where a refrigerant flows and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and has a thickness in a third direction, and fins that protrude from the base portion to one side in the third direction, extend in the first direction, are arranged in the second direction, and guide the refrigerant. A second of the fins is provided continuously on one side in the first direction that is a downstream side of a first of the fins, and a third fin that is provided continuously on another side in the first direction of the first fin, and includes an end on the one side in the third direction on the other side in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, NIDEC CHAUN-CHOUNG TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nishikawa, Yi-Huan Kao
  • Patent number: 12055211
    Abstract: In a drive device, a first flow path of a fluid connects a gear accommodation portion and an inlet of a pump. A second flow path connects an outlet of the pump and one end of a third flow path via a cooler. The third flow path is inside a partition wall of a housing and intersects a rotation axis of a first shaft. A fourth flow path connects another end of the third flow path and one end of a fifth flow path. The fifth flow path is inside a gear side lid of the housing. Another end of the fifth flow path is connected to one end of a second shaft in an axial direction. One end of a sixth flow path is connected to another end of the third flow path. Another end of the sixth flow path is inside a housing tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Fujimoto, Ayumi Nakagawa, Shuhei Nakamatsu, Yusuke Makino
  • Publication number: 20240258874
    Abstract: Disclosed are a motor and an electrical product. The motor includes a stator and a housing for accommodating the stator. The housing includes a housing wall and a housing bottom, the stator includes a stator core and a resin component at least covering one side of the stator core facing the housing bottom, and one side of the resin component facing the housing bottom has a concave component. One side of the housing bottom facing the resin component has a positioning component, and the positioning component is axially opposite to the concave component. In this way, the concave component is defined in a part of the resin component of the stator core that is axially opposite to the positioning hole, and the positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole and the concave component to position the housing and the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wenxian SHI
  • Patent number: 12049901
    Abstract: A serial axial fan includes a first axial fan, a second axial fan, and a rectifying portion. The second axial fan is on one side in the axial direction with respect to the first axial fan and is connected in series to the first axial fan with the rectifying portion interposed therebetween. The rectifying portion includes a chassis with a cylindrical shape surrounding the central axis, a rectifying blade portion extending to a radially inner side from a radially inner surface of the chassis, and an air feeding space on the radially inner side of the rectifying blade portion. The rectifying blade portion extends at least in the axial direction and is inclined relative to another side in the circumferential direction from another side in the axial direction toward the one side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Yamasaki, Hideki Aoi
  • Patent number: 12049952
    Abstract: A gear portion of a power transmission device is connected to one side in an axial direction of a first shaft rotatable about a first axis extending along a horizontal direction. The first shaft is supported by a first bearing. The gear portion includes a second shaft rotatable about a second axis below the first axis. A lubricant is provided in a first bearing holding portion of the first bearing. A gear housing that houses the gear portion includes an oil passage below the first bearing. A first end of the oil passage is connected to the first bearing holding portion through the first bearing. A second end of the oil passage is connected to a second bearing holding portion of a second bearing that supports the second shaft through an opening below the first bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tamura, Shuhei Nakamatsu, Keisuke Aso
  • Patent number: 12051944
    Abstract: A rotor includes a stack of electromagnetic steel plates each including through-hole groups with through-holes extending through the respective electromagnetic steel plates. In each of the through-hole groups, at least one of the through-holes accommodates a magnet and at least a portion of the through-holes that does not accommodate any magnet is filled with an electrically conductive material. When the rotor is seen axially, at two circumferential sides of a magnetic flux passage that is adjacent to the magnet, a width of the magnetic flux passage adjacent a first side of the magnet is larger than a width of the magnetic flux passage near a second side of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Hsu, Ta-Yin Luo, Hsin-Nan Lin, Sheng-Chan Yen, Guo-Jhih Yan, Cheng-Tsung Liu
  • Patent number: 12046972
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and first and second bus bar disposed on one side in an axial direction of the stator. The stator includes a winding portion including conductor connection bodies in which conductors are connected in series and a stator core having slots through which the conductor connection body passes. The winding portion includes a coil end located on one side in the axial direction of the stator core. The conductor connection body includes first and second ends located at an outermost circumference in the radial direction of the coil end. The first bus bar is connected to the first end. The second bus bar is connected to the second end. The first bus bar is located on one side in the axial direction of the coil end. The second bus bar is located on the radial outside of the coil end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Ishikawa, Hironobu Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12040729
    Abstract: A motor control device includes an inverter circuit to convert a DC power source voltage into a three-phase AC voltage and supply the three-phase AC voltage to the three-phase motor and a controller to generate three-phase PWM signals based on three-phase duty command values updated at a predetermined updating cycle and control the inverter circuit based on the three-phase PWM signals. The controller is configured or programmed to shift, when duty command values of at least two phases of the three-phase duty command values updated at a first update timing are the same, the duty command value of one phase of the duty command values of the two phases by a predetermined shift amount and shifts a duty command value of the one phase of the three-phase duty command values updated at a second update timing which is an update timing next to the first update timing by the shift amount in a direction opposite to a shift direction at the first update timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Koikegami, Isao Sanbonmatsu, Akihiro Okamura, Tomohiro Fukumura, Kotaro Kataoka
  • Patent number: 12040673
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a motor includes a rotor that is rotatable about a center axis line and a stator that is disposed on a radial outside of the rotor. The stator includes a winding portion including a plurality of conductor connection bodies in which a plurality of conductors are connected in series and a stator core in which a plurality of slots through which the conductor connection body passes are provided. The winding portion includes a neutral point portion located on one side in the axial direction of the stator core, ends of the three conductor connection bodies being electrically connected to the neutral point portion. The neutral point portion includes two connection portions to which two of different combinations of the ends of the three conductor connection bodies are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Xiaoli Han
  • Patent number: 12040658
    Abstract: A motor armature includes a laminated body including a stack of magnetic bodies each having an annular and plate shape, an extended body that opposes an opposing peripheral surface that is at least one of an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the laminated body and extends along a stacking direction of the magnetic bodies, and a holder stacked on the laminated body in the stacking direction to hold the laminated body. The holder includes a plate portion that extends along the laminated body and has higher rigidity than the magnetic bodies, and a sleeve portion that extends in contact with the extended body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Maeda, Ryoma Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12040734
    Abstract: An estimation device that estimates a state of a device that detects a position of a rotating body includes a position sensor to output a detection signal that is a signal representing a detection result of a position of a magnet rotatable in conjunction with the rotating body according to a magnetic flux of the magnet, an extractor to extract a feature amount of the detection signal from the detection signal for each of the positions, and an estimator to derive an evaluation value representing a comparison result between a feature amount of the detection signal for each of the positions and a reference value for each of the positions, and to estimate a degree of change in sensitivity to detect the position based on the evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 12040679
    Abstract: A motor unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a motor having a rotor that rotates about a motor axis and a stator located radially outside the rotor; an inverter that controls a current to be supplied to the motor; a housing body having a motor housing portion that houses the motor and an inverter housing portion that houses the inverter; and an inverter housing configured to cover an opening of the inverter housing portion while supporting the inverter. The housing body is provided with a first cooling path through which a first refrigerant for cooling the motor flows. The inverter housing is provided with a second cooling path through which a second refrigerant for cooling the inverter flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Nakamatsu, Hitoshi Kuroyanagi, Keisuke Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20240235314
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a motor and a motor assembling method. The motor includes a housing having a bottom and a wall portion extending from an edge of the bottom along an axial direction, and a lid connected to the housing on one side in the axial direction of the bottom of the housing. A surface on the one side in the axial direction of the bottom of the housing has a first connection surface. Housing portions on an inside and an outside in a radial direction of the first connection surface are respectively bent in opposite directions intersecting the first connection surface, which ensures sufficient working space when performing work for connecting the housing and the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu WANG, Keisuke YOSHINO, Yonggang YANG, Masashi OMI