Patents Assigned to Nidec Tosok Corporation
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Patent number: 11962227Abstract: An electric actuator of the disclosure includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, and a bearing fixed to a motor shaft having an eccentric axis portion. The speed reduction mechanism has: an externally toothed gear, an internally toothed gear, a facing member facing the externally toothed gear, column members protruding from one member of the facing member and the externally toothed gear toward the other member and surrounding the motor axis, and at least one tube member surrounding the column members. The other member has hole portions surrounding the motor axis. The column members are inserted into the hole portions respectively, and support the externally toothed gear to be swingable around the motor axis via an inner side surface of each of the hole portions. The at least one tube member surrounds the column members in the hole portions and is rotatable around a rotary axis passing through the hole portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Kohei Osuga, Kenichi Ozawa
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Patent number: 11920591Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor including a motor shaft, a pump assembly including a vane pump driven by the motor to suction and discharge oil, and an inverter to drive the motor. The motor includes a rotor, a stator on a side outward from the rotor in a radial direction, and a motor housing containing the rotor and the stator. The motor housing includes a suction port through which the vane pump suctions oil from outside, and a discharge port through which the vane pump discharges oil to outside. The motor housing includes flat surface portions in a portion of an outer periphery thereof. The suction port and the discharge port are located in a first surface of side surfaces which are the flat surface portions of the motor housing and are parallel or substantially parallel to the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION, KYB CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Higuchi, Yutaka Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Maki, Kohei Kubo
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Patent number: 11894790Abstract: A control substrate capable of effectively reducing noise input to a plurality of MOSFETs is provided. The control substrate includes at least three parallel snubber circuits (132, 134, and 135). Each of the parallel snubber circuits (132, 133, and 134) is connected in parallel with each of U-phase MOSFETs (126a and 126b), V-phase MOSFETs (127a and 127b), and W-phase MOSFETs (128a and 128b).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventor: Yusaku Seki
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Patent number: 11802635Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes: a solenoid having a plunger movably supported along an axis O1 direction; a flow path member having a fluid passage flow path and a valve element housing portion; and a valve element in a columnar shape that is disposed in the valve element housing portion, is movable along the axis O1 direction together with the plunger, and can switch between an open state and a closed state. The flow path member has an abutment portion that abuts on the valve element in the valve element housing portion, and a biasing member that biases the valve element. The valve element has an enlarged-diameter portion on the radially outer side. The enlarged-diameter portion has an opposing surface portion opposing the abutment portion at least in the axis O1 direction. The opposing surface portion is in contact with the abutment portion in the open state.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Kuramochi, Satoshi Yabushita, Tomohiko Nakanishi, Hiroki Shimizu, Luong Cao Dai
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Patent number: 11750135Abstract: One aspect of a motor control device according to the present invention is a motor control device that controls a motor of an electric pump. The motor control device includes a drive unit that supplies a drive current to the motor; a control unit that controls a rotation speed of the motor by controlling the drive unit based on a rotation speed command value; and a current detection unit that detects the drive current supplied to the motor, and supplies a current detection value indicating a detection result of the drive current to the control unit. The control unit determines whether or not a foreign fluid suction abnormality occurs in the electric pump, based on a first current detection value acquired at a first timing when the rotation speed command value changes from a first command value to a second command value and a second current detection value acquired after the first timing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuhiro Shirai
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Patent number: 11739741Abstract: A control device for a motor unit provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The motor unit includes a motor including multiple coils provided side by side around a motor axis; a transmission mechanism transmitting power of the motor to an axle; a housing housing the motor and the transmission mechanism; an electric oil pump delivering oil stored in the housing; and a coil temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the coil. The control device includes a motor controller driving and controlling the motor; and a pump controller driving and controlling the electric oil pump. The pump controller estimates an oil temperature according to an ambient temperature and the temperature of the coil, and determines a start timing of the electric oil pump based on an estimated oil temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Furushou, Yasuhiro Shirai
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Patent number: 11703142Abstract: To provide an electromagnetic valve that can prevent damage due to wear of a valve element and a case of a solenoid, or occurrence of a striking sound when a valve is opened. An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a case, a flow path member, and a columnar valve element that is housed in the valve element housing portion of the flow path member and moves with a plunger of the solenoid to open and close a flow path. A first seat member in contact with the plunger is disposed on the valve element, and a second seat member in contact with the plunger is disposed on the case of the solenoid. An elastic modulus of the first seat member is larger than an elastic modulus of the valve element, and an elastic modulus of the second seat member is smaller than an elastic modulus of the case.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Nakanishi, Hiroki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11705852Abstract: A motor driving device for driving a motor is provided. The motor driving device includes: a driver outputting a drive signal for driving the motor to the motor; and a controller controlling a duty ratio of the drive signal based on three control parameters which are an initial duty ratio, a duty ratio increasing speed, and a target duty ratio. The controller has a normal control mode in which each of the three control parameters is a predetermined value, and a cryogenic control mode in which at least one of the three control parameters is a smaller value than in the normal control mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Shirai, Tadayuki Hatsuda
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Patent number: 11698069Abstract: An electronic board includes a board, and includes on the board: a power input part inputting power output from an in-vehicle power supply; a drive circuit driving a drive source; a controller controlling driving of the drive source performed by the drive circuit; and a drive command signal input part inputting a drive command signal transmitted from outside. The electronic board further includes on the board: a drive command signal detection circuit capable of detecting the drive command signal, and controlling whether to supply the power input to the power input part to the controller based on whether the drive command signal is detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventor: Yusaku Seki
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Patent number: 11648916Abstract: An actuator includes a control part, a first rotation sensor, and a second rotation sensor able to detect rotation of an output shaft. The control part performs a first rotation angle acquisition control for acquiring a target rotation angle of the output shaft when a movable part is moved from the second position to the first position as a first rotation angle. The first rotation angle is a rotation angle of the output shaft that is closer to the second position side than when the movable part abuts the first wall part. In the first rotation angle acquisition control, the control part causes the movable part abuts the first wall part, acquires a rotation angle of the output shaft when the movable part has abutted the first wall part, and calculates the first rotation angle based on the rotation angle of the output shaft that has been acquired.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Saito, Seiji Hashimoto, Agato Ueno
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Patent number: 11603946Abstract: To provide an electromagnetic valve capable of preventing damage due to stress of a buffer member. An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a case, a flow path member, and a columnar valve element that is housed in the valve element housing portion of the flow path member and moves with a plunger of the solenoid to open and close a flow path. A seat member with which the plunger comes into contact is disposed in the case of the solenoid. The seat member includes a core portion with which the plunger comes into contact, and a plurality of protruding portions protruding radially outward from an outer peripheral surface on the radially outer side of the core portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Nakanishi, Hiroki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11555545Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes: a solenoid having a plunger movably supported along an axial direction; a flow path member having a fluid passage flow path and a valve element housing portion; and a valve element disposed in the valve element housing portion and movable along the axial direction together with the plunger. The valve element includes: a body part in a tubular shape having a wall portion closing one axial end side and an opening at the other axial side; a valve part fixed to one axial side of the wall portion for opening and closing the flow path as moving together with the plunger; and a core member in a columnar shape that is movable along the axial direction inside the body part, and that is in contact with the wall portion on the one axial side and the plunger on the other axial side.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Nakanishi, Junichi Sakashita
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Patent number: 11536268Abstract: An electric pump provided with a pump unit configured to discharge working oil by being rotationally driven by an electric motor includes: a drive shaft configured to transmit rotational driving force from the electric motor to a rotor of the pump unit; a rotation-detection shaft provided coaxially with the drive shaft, the rotation-detection shaft being configured to be rotated together with the rotor; and a rotation detector unit configured to detect rotation of the rotation-detection shaft. The rotation-detection shaft has: an engagement portion configured to engage with the rotor; and a detection-target portion facing the rotation detector unit, and an outer diameter of the detection-target portion is set so as to be larger than an outer diameter of the engagement portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: KYB CORPORATION, NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Kubo, Tomoyuki Fujita, Koichiro Akatsuka, Yoshiyuki Maki, Koji Higuchi, Yutaka Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11539258Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor including a shaft, a pump driven via the shaft, and an inverter assembly located on a rear side of the motor and secured to the motor. The motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a motor housing that houses the rotor and the stator. The pump includes a pump rotor and a pump housing. The motor housing has a bottomed tubular shape that includes a bottom portion on a side of the inverter assembly, and the inverter assembly includes an inverter housing including a circuit board housing that houses a circuit board and a busbar holder. The busbar holder is on a side opposite to a terminal that is electrically connected to the circuit board with respect to the shaft in the circuit board housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11530700Abstract: A board surface of a control board is disposed on an outward side of a motor in a radial direction in a posture along an axial direction. A rotation angle sensor is disposed on a rear side of a control board in the axial direction. A power supply input portion on the control board is disposed in an end portion on the rear side in the axial direction. A main body of a motor includes the control board and a wiring assembly electrically connecting a connector and the rotation angle sensor to each other. The wiring assembly includes a power supply input wiring, a sensor wiring, and a wiring holder holding the power supply input wiring and the sensor wiring.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11522404Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor which has a rotor having a motor shaft extending along a central axis and a stator facing the rotor in a radial direction, a motor case for housing the motor, and a deceleration mechanism coupled to one axial side of the motor shaft. The motor case has a case cylinder portion, a lid for covering, and a plurality of screws. The case cylinder portion has a plurality of screw fixing portions. The lid has a top plate portion, an outer cylinder portion which surrounds the case cylinder portion from a radial outer side, an annular groove portion, and a seal member which seals the opening portion of the case cylinder portion. In the lid, an axial thickness of a region which overlaps the annular groove portion as viewed in the axial direction is larger than an axial thickness of the top plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Kinjo, Hiroshi Shirai, Yutaka Uematsu
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Patent number: 11519480Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, and a bearing fixed to a motor shaft having an eccentric axis portion. The speed reduction mechanism has: an externally toothed gear, an internally toothed gear, a facing member arranged facing the externally toothed gear, and column members arranged to protrude from one member of the facing member and the externally toothed gear toward the other member and surround the motor axis. The other member has hole portions arranged to surround the motor axis. The column members are inserted into the hole portions respectively, and support the externally toothed gear to be swingable around the motor axis via an inner side surface of each of the hole portions. At least one of the column members is attached to the one member in a manner of being rotatable around a central axis of the at least one column member.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Tomoki Sato
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Patent number: 11512774Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a motor part having a shaft; a pump part that is positioned on one side of the motor part and is driven by the motor part via the shaft and discharges oil; and a control part configured to control an operation of the motor part, wherein the motor part includes a rotor, a stator disposed to face the rotor, and a motor housing, wherein the pump part includes a pump rotor and a pump housing having a housing part, wherein the control part includes a plurality of electronic components and a board, the plurality of electronic components include a heat generating component, wherein the motor housing has a cylindrical part and a plurality of heat dissipating fins that extend from the cylindrical part, wherein the board has a first surface and a second surface, and the heat generating component is mounted on the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: D974413Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shigehiro Kataoka, Yuzo Nagai
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Patent number: D1005341Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuzo Nagai, Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi