Patents Assigned to Nidec Tosok Corporation
  • Patent number: 11031893
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a first control unit performing feedback control on a motor with a command value; one or plural second control units performing feedback control on the motor with a limit value; a control switching unit selecting, based on a deviation between the limit value and a measured value, one of the first and the one or plural of second control units as control unit. The first control unit has a first calculation unit calculating a control value, based on a deviation between the command value and a measured value of the motor related to the command value. Each second control unit has a second calculation unit calculating a control value, based on a deviation between the limit value and a measured value of the motor related to the limit value. The first and second calculation units share terms of a calculation expression of the control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 11028934
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure control apparatus in which workability in assembly of a body, a spool valve, a retainer, and an elastic member is improved and a high degree of freedom in a design of installation of the spool valve is obtained. A pressure control apparatus includes: a body having an opening portion penetrating a wall portion which demarcates a spool hole; a spool valve that is disposed displaceably in the spool hole; a plate-shaped retainer disposed at one end side of the spool valve in an axial direction in the spool hole; and an elastic member 6 disposed between the spool valve in the spool hole and the retainer. The retainer has a wide portion and a narrow portion. The opening portion has a first opening portion that allows the retainer to pass through and a second opening portion that inhibits the retainer from passing through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11031841
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, a first bearing, and a bearing holder. The speed reduction mechanism has external and internal gears, an output flange that is positioned at one side in an axial direction from the external gear, and a plurality of projecting portions that project in the axial direction from one of the output flange and the external gear toward the other. The plurality of projecting portions are inserted into a plurality of first bore portions disposed along a circumferential direction, respectively. The bearing holder has a cylindrical circumferential wall positioned at an outer side in a radial direction of the first bearing and a support wall supporting the first bearing from the other side in the axial direction. A position adjustment mechanism configured to be capable of moving the support wall in the axial direction is arranged in the bearing holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Shuichi Kinjo, Tomoki Sato
  • Patent number: 11018544
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor having a shaft centered on a central axis that extends in an axial direction, a stator which is disposed to face the rotor and includes a plurality of coils, a housing in which the rotor and the stator are housed, and a bus bar assembly that is disposed on one side of the shaft in the axial direction, wherein the bus bar assembly includes a plurality of bus bars that are electrically connected to the plurality of coils of the stator and a bus bar holder that holds the plurality of bus bars, and wherein at least one bus bar among the plurality of bus bars is placed on a disposition surface part provided on the bus bar holder and extends in a direction crossing the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION, NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Kazuhiro Homma, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Hideaki Uchise, Masato Aono, Akihiro Okita
  • Patent number: 11011954
    Abstract: Provided is a motor driving unit (1) capable of achieving space saving of a motor room and cost reduction of a vehicle. The motor driving unit (1) includes a motor (10), an inverter (50) that controls driving of the motor (10), and a transaxle (30). The inverter (50) is disposed at a position facing the second gear (32) in the transaxle (30) in a Z-axis direction of the motor (10), and a flow channel of refrigerant arranged inside the inverter (50) is partitioned off from an internal space of the motor (10) by a single barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Okuhata
  • Patent number: 10992241
    Abstract: A control device of a motor includes difference calculation circuitry that calculates a difference between a current rotation speed and a target rotation speed of the motor, coefficient correction circuitry that outputs corrected proportion coefficient and integration coefficient by multiplying each of an initially set proportion coefficient and integration coefficient by a correction coefficient, output voltage determination circuitry that calculates at least one of a proportional term in which the difference is multiplied by the corrected proportion coefficient and an integral term in which the difference is multiplied by the corrected integration coefficient and the result is integrated and determines one of the proportional term and the integral term or the sum of the two terms as a control value of the output voltage, and signal generation circuitry that generates a control signal on the basis of the control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 10978939
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a first wiring member with a first connection portion exposed to one side in an axial-direction of a first case and a second wiring member with a second connection portion exposed to another side in the axial-direction of a second case, the first and second connection portions each having two opposing portions that respectively oppose in first and second directions with first and second gaps therebetween, the first gap having a narrow portion and a wide portion (larger in the first direction) connected thereto on the other side in the axial-direction, the second gap having a narrow portion and a wide portion (larger in the second direction) connected thereto on the one side in the axial-direction, and the first and second gaps overlapping at least partially when the first and second case are fixed, and the first and second connection portions are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shirai, Shuichi Kinjo, Yutaka Uematsu, Kenichi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20210095782
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a plunger; a flow path member including a fluid passage flow path having a first flow path, a second flow path, and a relay flow path which is disposed between the first flow path and the second flow path and which connects the first flow path and the second flow path, and a cylindrical space; a valve body movably disposed in the cylindrical space; and a spring which is disposed concentrically with the valve body on an outer peripheral side of the valve body in the cylindrical space and urges the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko NAKANISHI, Dongming CHEN, Satoshi YABUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210095661
    Abstract: A control device is provided for controlling a rotation speed of an electric oil pump, including a motor and a pump mechanism connected to the motor, based on a command value input from a host device. The control device includes: a first calculator calculating a first duty value of current to be output to the motor based on a deviation between the command value and a rotation speed of the motor; a second calculator calculating a second duty value of current to be output to the motor based on a deviation between a current limit value of the motor and a current value of the motor; and a drive current determiner comparing the first duty value calculated by the first calculator and the second duty value calculated by the second calculator, and selecting the lower duty value as a duty value of current that drives the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Koji HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210095781
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes: a solenoid, including a bobbin, a plunger, and a coil that moves the plunger; and a valve mechanism, including a flow path member that includes a first flow path, a second flow path, a relay part and a valve body housing, and a valve body that is inserted into the valve body housing, movably supported along an axial direction together with the plunger, and switches between passage and blockage between the first and the second flow paths. The valve body includes: a protrusion provided protruding radially outward from an outer periphery of the valve body and guided by an inner wall surface of the valve body housing when the valve body moves; a body made of resin; and a pin made of metal, provided at a center of the body along the axial direction and penetrating the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko NAKANISHI, Takashi TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210099125
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Tadayuki HATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210095779
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a plunger; a flow path member having a first flow path, a second flow path, a relay flow path, and a valve body housing; a valve body movably disposed in the valve body housing and has a valve part in a ring shape which opens and closes the relay flow path; and a spring disposed in the valve body housing and urging the valve body along the axial direction, wherein the valve body further includes a guide part guided on an inner wall surface of the valve body housing when the valve body moves together with the plunger and a small diameter part provided between the guide part and the valve part, wherein the small diameter part faces the first flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko NAKANISHI, Takashi TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210095783
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid and a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes: a flow path member, including a valve body housing, a first flow path and a second flow path; and a valve body, inserted into the valve body housing, reciprocatably supported along an axial direction, and switching between passage and blockage between a first port of the first flow path and a second port of the second flow path. The valve body includes protrusions guided by an inner wall surface of the valve body housing when the valve body moves. The protrusions include a first protrusion and a second protrusion respectively located at both ends of the valve body on one end side and the other end side in the axial direction, and the first protrusion moves in a region closer to one side in the axial direction than the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko NAKANISHI, Takashi TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210095780
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a solenoid having a bobbin, a plunger and a coil; a flow path member having a first flow path, a second flow path, a relay flow path and a valve body housing; a valve body movably disposed in the valve body housing; and a spring disposed in the valve body housing and urging the valve body, wherein the valve body further includes a plurality of guide parts which are provided at different positions along the axial direction and which are guided on an inner wall surface of the valve body housing, and a taper part which is provided between the plurality of guide parts and whose outer diameter decreases toward the one side in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko NAKANISHI, Dongming CHEN, Satoshi YABUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210095649
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Furushou, Yasuhiro SHIRAI
  • Patent number: 10962003
    Abstract: An electric oil pump apparatus includes an electric oil pump including a housing main body that accommodates a motor and a pump driven by the motor, a flange portion formed on the housing main body, and a control circuit case for accommodating a control circuit, and a base plate attached to the electric oil pump. The base plate includes an annular main body fixed to the housing main body, and a sealing member located between the annular main body and the housing main body. The annular main body includes a first surface located on one side, a second surface located on the other side, a first through hole for passing the housing main body therethrough, and an annular stepped portion configured to accommodate the sealing member, and formed along an inner edge of the first through hole. The first surface of the base plate is opposed to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Kataoka, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Koji Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10962066
    Abstract: A clutch control device includes a pump to feed oil to a hydraulic clutch, an input side oil passage connecting an oil tank and the pump and through which oil sucked from the oil tank to the pump passes, and an output side oil passage connecting the pump and the hydraulic clutch and through which oil that is pressurized by the pump and is fed from the pump to the hydraulic clutch passes. A damper connected to the input side oil passage and the output side oil passage includes an oil container containing oil, a partition that partitions the oil container into first and second spaces along a predetermined direction and at least a portion of which is movable in the predetermined direction, a first connection oil passage connecting the first space and the input side oil passage, a second connection oil passage connecting the second space and the output side oil passage, and an elastic portion that applies a force to the partition to move the partition toward the second space in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Nidec Tosok Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Eto, Fumiya Sagara
  • Publication number: 20210091642
    Abstract: A control substrate includes: a reverse connection protection circuit; a first substrate wiring connected with a source terminal of a MOSFET of the reverse connection protection circuit; a second substrate wiring connected with a GND terminal; a bypass circuit, allowing, in a case where an output voltage of a vehicle-mounted battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a current to flow from the first substrate wiring to the second substrate wiring; and a clamp circuit, connected with a positive electrode terminal and a GND terminal on an upstream side with respect to the MOSFET and clamps a positive voltage to a second predetermined value. The first predetermined value is a value smaller than a withstand voltage between a gate and a source of the MOSFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusaku SEKI
  • Publication number: 20210083550
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a motor part including a motor shaft extending in an axial direction; a deceleration mechanism connected to one axial side of the motor shaft; an output part including an output shaft to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the deceleration mechanism; and a housing accommodating the motor part, the deceleration mechanism, and the output part. A ratio between a first distance from a meshing position where a first meshing part meshes with a second meshing part to a central axis of the motor shaft, and a second distance from the meshing position to a central axis of the output shaft, when viewed along the axial direction, changes in at least a portion of a range from a first rotation angle to a second rotation angle of the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shun KATO
  • Patent number: 10948373
    Abstract: A sensor case of pressure sensor device includes a sensor housing portion, a first terminal housing portion that extends from the sensor housing portion in a first direction, and a second terminal housing portion that extends from the sensor housing portion in a second direction. The first terminal housing portion includes a first upper-side opening that opens upward, and a first lower-side opening that opens downward. The second terminal housing portion includes a second upper-side opening that opens upward, and a second lower-side opening that opens downward. A first terminal includes a first exposed portion including an upper surface exposed to outside of the first terminal housing portion through the first upper-side opening and a lower surface exposed to outside of the first terminal housing portion through the first lower-side opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kamimura, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shigehiro Kataoka