Patents Assigned to Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9270147
    Abstract: There is provided a stator that can suppress degradation in insulating performance and electrical strength performance, shorten a work time, and improve winding efficiency and heat radiation. The stator 1 includes a yoke part 20 formed to be annular, a plurality of tooth parts 30 protruding from the yoke part 20 in an inward direction perpendicular to an axial direction O of a rotor when the rotor is arranged in the yoke part 20, and protecting members 40 each of which is attached to both end surfaces of the tooth part 30 in the axial direction O to protect a corner of the tooth part 30. The protecting members 40 have a length in a slot 38 between the tooth parts 30 shorter than a half of an entire length of the tooth part 30 in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Nakatake, Yukio Miura, Masaaki Ohashi, Zhang Hong
  • Patent number: 9267505
    Abstract: Provided here is a counter-rotating axial flow fan with improved air flow-static pressure characteristics and reduced power consumption and noise compared to the related art. A plurality of struts are disposed to be stationary between a front impeller and a rear impeller in an air channel. A plurality of front blades are each formed of a swept-back blade, and a plurality of rear blades are each formed of a forward-swept blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yanagisawa, Honami Oosawa
  • Patent number: 9252700
    Abstract: A motor controller that controls energization of a motor in which a plurality of coils U1 to W2 that applies torque to a rotor is arranged in a circular pattern includes: a rotation speed detection sensor that detects a rotation speed of the motor; and an energization control unit that controls energization of the plurality of coils U1 to W2 using the detected rotation speed. The energization control unit sequentially energizes the plurality of coils U1 to W2 in all energization patterns if the detected rotation speed is outside of predetermined conditions and sequentially energizes the plurality of coils U1 to W2 in remaining energization patterns (for example, U?V phase, V?W phase, V?U phase, W?U phase, and W?V phase) excluding a partial energization pattern (for example, U?W phase) of all energization patterns if the detected rotation speed is within the predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahisa Toda
  • Patent number: 9246422
    Abstract: A motor control device includes an energization pattern output portion and an inverter circuit. The energization pattern output portion cyclically outputs a plurality of energization patterns. The inverter circuit selectively connects respective coils provided in a motor to a rectifier circuit according to the output energization pattern. The energization pattern output portion delays the output timing of the energization pattern according to a rotation speed of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yo Muramatsu, Takahisa Toda
  • Patent number: 9219435
    Abstract: A motor control device includes an energization pattern output portion and an inverter circuit. The energization pattern output portion cyclically outputs a plurality of energization patterns. The inverter circuit selectively connects respective coils provided in a motor to a rectifier circuit according to the output energization pattern. The energization pattern output portion delays the output timing of the energization pattern according to a rotation speed of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yo Muramatsu, Takahisa Toda
  • Patent number: 9214815
    Abstract: A power supply system includes an inverter controller which amplifies a deviation between a bus voltage command signal and a bus voltage signal obtained by detecting a bus voltage, inputs the amplified deviation to a first limit unit for limiting output power of a commercial power supply, divides the deviation into a first deviation within a first limit value of the first limit unit and a second deviation which exceeds a range of the first limit value, and controls an inverter on the basis of the first deviation, and a DC/DC converter controller which controls a DC/DC converter on the basis of the second deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Okui
  • Patent number: 9203270
    Abstract: A stator is provided. The stator includes a yoke part of an annular shape, tooth winding portions that protrude inward from the yoke part and around which an electric wire is wound, and a tooth end portion formed on an inward side of the tooth winding portion. The stator is formed by stacking steel plates in a direction corresponding to a rotational axis of a motor. The tooth winding portion is formed by stacking the steel plates having different shapes such that at an end portion in the stacking direction, thickness of the tooth winding portions gradually decrease toward the end portion in the stacking direction, and the yoke part and the tooth end portion include protruding portions formed by stacking the steel plates, such that the protruding portions protrude from the tooth winding portion in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Nakatake, Masaaki Ohashi, Zhang Hong
  • Patent number: 9178401
    Abstract: An armature of a linear motor includes a plurality of cooling pipe storage holes formed along a longitudinal direction of a core, and a plurality of cooling pipes stored vertically in the cooling pipe storage holes and having a meander shape. The cooling pipes vertically adjacent to each other are arranged such that inlets and outlets of the cooling pipes are alternately connected in parallel to a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet in order to allow a refrigerant to flow in the reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugita, Yasushi Misawa, Shigenori Miyairi
  • Patent number: 9178460
    Abstract: A motor controller according to the invention includes a driving IC and a magnetic sensor. The driving IC receives a driving signal for driving a motor and controls the rotation speed of the motor using the driving signal. The magnetic sensor detects the rotation speed of the motor. The driving IC includes a sensor signal output terminal and a driving signal input terminal. The sensor signal output terminal outputs a sensor signal generated by the driving IC based on a pulse signal from the magnetic sensor. The driving signal input terminal receives the driving signal. The sensor signal output terminal and the driving signal input terminal are connected by a connecting portion. The driving IC rotates the motor at a first rotation speed different from the rotation speed of the motor driven according to the driving signal using the sensor signal input to the driving signal input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Yo Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 9145896
    Abstract: An axial flow fan includes a first lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with a plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out therefrom into an outer space defined between a first flange and a second flange of a fan housing, a second lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with the plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out toward the other side in the axial direction where the second flange is positioned, and a third lead wire engaging portion configured to be engaged with the plurality of lead wires such that the lead wires are pulled out in the axial direction toward one side where the first flange is positioned. The third lead wire engaging portion is formed in the first flange at a given distance from the first lead wire engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masahiro Koike, Naoya Inada
  • Patent number: 9059626
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a magnetic pole piece array including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces spaced along a permanent magnet array. The permanent magnet array is in immovable relation with winding portions. The pitch of a plurality of permanent magnets and the pitch of a plurality of magnetic pole pieces are determined such that magnetic flux flows through two of the permanent magnets magnetized in the same direction and located in the permanent magnet array with one permanent magnet interposed between the two permanent magnets, and also flows through one or two of the magnetic pole pieces facing the one permanent magnet interposed between the two permanent magnets and magnetized in a direction of magnetization different from the direction of magnetization of the two permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sugita, Yuqi Tang, Yasushi Misawa
  • Patent number: 9035512
    Abstract: At least a rotor fixing portion and a bearing fitting portion are combined to form a hollow rotary shaft. The rotor of a rotary motor portion is fixed on the rotor fixing portion. A thrust radial bearing is fitted on the outer periphery of the bearing fitting portion and a screw nut is fitted to the bearing fitting portion. The rotor fixing portion and the bearing fitting portion are coupled with screw member(s) which are inserted into the hollow rotary shaft from one axial end of the hollow rotary shaft and axially extend inside the bearing fitting portion and the rotor fixing portion. A flange portion of the screw nut is fixed on an abutment portion of the bearing fitting portion in abutment with an end surface of an inner race of the thrust radial bearing that is located on the one axial end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Tanaka, Shigenori Miyairi
  • Patent number: 9033680
    Abstract: An electric fan is provided, including a labyrinth structure with increased performance of preventing entry of a liquid into a receiving space to receive a stator and a rotor. A clearance is defined between an opposed wall portion of a base and an opposed wall portion of an impeller body, which are opposed to each other in an axial direction of a rotary shaft, to form a labyrinth structure. The opposed wall portion of the base and the opposed wall portions of the impeller body are shaped to form a volume expanding portion within the clearance. The volume expanding portion is constituted from a groove portion for expanding the clearance, having a volume larger than other portions within the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kudo, Tomoaki Ikeda, Haruhisa Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9000627
    Abstract: Provided herein is a linear motor in which a back yoke can readily be mounted onto a linear motor body. The linear motor body is surrounded or wrapped by the back yoke that works to form part of a magnetic circuit of the linear motor body. The back yoke assembly includes first and second divided assemblies. The first and second divided assemblies have the same dimension and shape, and are each formed by press working a silicon steel plate or a magnetic plate made of SPCC material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuqi Tang
  • Publication number: 20150078939
    Abstract: A housing of a fan motor according to the invention includes: board members provided at an interval in a rotational axis direction of a fan; a coupling portion which couples the board members to each other; a protrusion portion which is protruded toward a space other than an air course from the coupling portion, the space being between the board members other than the air courses; and a fixing portion which fixes a terminal that is provided in the protrusion portion and is connected to a wiring from a power source that supplies electricity to a motor. Other member, which crosses in an extending direction of the terminal from the protrusion portion to an edge portion of the board member, is not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Nishizawa, Haruka Sakai, Jiro Watanabe, Masafumi Yokota
  • Patent number: 8979513
    Abstract: A lead wire engaging structure includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion. One end of the first engaging portion and one end of the second engaging portion are integrally provided at a first mounting portion integrally provided at a second casing wall portion. The first engaging portion forms a first gap between the first engaging portion and the second casing wall portion, and engages four lead wires in cooperation with the second casing wall portion. The first gap allows the four lead wires to pass therethrough. The second engaging portion forms a second gap between the second engaging portion and the first engaging portion. The second gap allows the four lead wires to pass therethrough. The other end portion of the first engaging portion and the other end portion of the second engaging portion are coupled to each other by a coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin Yen, Jiro Watanabe, Hiromitsu Kuribayashi, Shigekazu Mitomo
  • Publication number: 20150061449
    Abstract: A three-phase electromagnetic motor includes: a stator that is formed by winding a winding around a magnetic pole formed between slots of a stator core; and a rotor that is disposed inside the stator and has a permanent magnet. The three-phase electromagnetic motor is formed of 8n poles and 6n slots (n is a natural number). 3n windings are wound around every other magnetic pole among a plurality of magnetic poles of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihito Miyashita, Manabu HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150061452
    Abstract: A coil is wound via an electrically insulating member within a slot of a stator core of an electromagnetic motor which is formed of a stator and a rotor. Groove portions are formed to oppose one another in respective opposing portions of a slot opening portion side of the electrically insulating member. An electrically insulating sheet is disposed by being inserted into the pair of groove portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji NAKATAKE, Yasushi YODA, Masaaki OHASHI
  • Patent number: 8961121
    Abstract: A casing of a centrifugal fan includes a suction port forming wall portion, an opposed wall portion opposed to the suction port forming wall portion, and a sidewall portion connecting the suction port forming wall portion and the opposed wall portion. A tongue portion is provided at the sidewall portion. The tongue portion projects into an air passage in the vicinity of a discharge port to form a narrowed air passage portion within the air passage. A leading end surface of the tongue portion is shaped such that the width of the leading end surface increases from the suction port forming wall portion, where the suction port is formed, to the opposed wall portion. The tongue portion is shaped such that the projecting length of the tongue portion into the air passage continuously decreases from the suction port forming wall portion to the opposed wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin Yen, Jiro Watanabe, Hiromitsu Kuribayashi, Shigekazu Mitomo
  • Fan
    Patent number: D732655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Ueno, Naruhiko Kudo