Patents by Inventor Akeshi Takahashi

Akeshi Takahashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097524
    Abstract: This rotating electric machine comprises: a stator having a stator core around which a plurality of coils are wound; a rotor supported to be rotatable relative to the stator with a predetermined gap therebetween; a rotor case that holds the rotor; and a first bearing and a second bearing that rotatably support the rotor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya SUTO, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20240039355
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine according to the present invention has a plurality of segmented coils respectively disposed in a plurality of layers aligned in a row in a radial direction inside a slot of a stator core. The segmented coils comprise: first regions (111a, 121a) that each have a straight line section disposed inside the slot and a protrusion that protrudes to the outside of the slot from one end of the straight line section; and second regions (112a, 122a) that are formed so as to extend toward one side in the circumferential direction from the other end of the respective straight line section, and such that the position in the radial direction changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya SUTO, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20230343523
    Abstract: High reliability and long life are achieved by being sliding-less. The switch according to the present invention includes: first terminal and a second terminal that are adjacently attached to a stator; a movable shaft movable in a first direction and a second direction, a plurality of movers attached to the movable shaft; and a movable segment that is connected to two of the plurality of movers and biases the two movers in a direction in which they are away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuya SUTO, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230333131
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance device capable of reducing the weight of a conveyance device while preventing magnetic saturation. A conveyance device according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a conveyance path (65) in which a conveyed object is moved, an electromagnet provided on the surface of the conveyance path (65) opposite to the surface on which the conveyed object moves, and a drive circuit for supplying a current to the electromagnet, the electromagnet including teeth (22a, 22b) formed from a magnetic body, and windings (21a, 21b) wound onto the surface of the teeth (22a, 22b), a yoke (26) is provided that supports the teeth (22a, 22b), and the relationship between the minimum cross-sectional area Sy of the yoke (26) and the minimum cross-sectional area St of the part of the teeth (22a, 22b) where the windings (21a, 21b) are provided is Sy<St.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke HOSHI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Takeshi TAMAKOSHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Kuniaki ONIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230268790
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine (100) comprising, in order to increase a torque density, a stator (101) and a rotor (102) provided so as to be rotatable about the axial center (C), wherein: phase coils (120G) each having a substantially rectangular coil-cross-section are arranged in a row in the radial direction in a slot (110) so as to constitute a plurality of layers; the phase coils (120G) are each wound over a group of three or more slots (110) which are contiguously arranged in the circumferential direction; identical-phase slots (111) are provided on each of which only a combination of phase coils (120G) of an identical phase are arranged; different-phase slots (112) are provided on each of which only a combination of phase coils (120G) of two different phases are arranged; and the different-phase slots (112) are disposed one by one so as to be adjacent to respective two sides of sets of identical-phase slots (111) comprising at least two slots arranged contiguously in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto ITO, Tetsuya SUTO, Akeshi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11716039
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a winding switching device capable of enhancing the reliability of electrical contact between a movable unit and a fixed unit, and a rotating electrical machine drive system including such a winding switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Nishihama, Akeshi Takahashi, Katsuhiro Hoshino, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20230223824
    Abstract: A motor control device of the present invention is connected to a power converter for converting power from direct current power to alternating current power, and controls the drive of an alternating current motor that is driven using said alternating current power, and the motor control device is provided with: a carrier wave generator; a carrier wave frequency adjuster that adjusts the frequency of the carrier wave; and a gate signal generator that uses the carrier wave to pulse width modulate a voltage command according to a torque command, and generates a gate signal for controlling operation of the power converter, wherein the carrier wave frequency adjuster adjusts the voltage command and carrier wave phase difference to reduce eddy current loss generated in rotor magnets of the alternating current motor according to a d-axis current flowing to the alternating current motor and the rotational speed of the alternating current motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Makoto ITO, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Toshiyuki AJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230223808
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a winding for an electromagnetic component, a stator for a rotary electric machine, a rotary electric machine, and a wheel, which can simplify an assembly step while improving joint quality of a coil end. This winding for electromagnetic components comprises a first conductor (3) and a second conductor (4) electrically connected to the first conductor (3). The first conductor (3) and the second conductor (4) are fixed inside an electromagnetic component. At least one among the first conductor (3) and the second conductor (4) has a bent section (10). The first conductor (3) is pressed against and makes close contact with the second conductor (4) by a restoring force (12) due to residual stress of the bent section (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuya SUTO, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Makoto ITO
  • Publication number: 20230208233
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine having high efficiency and high reliability without causing an increase in size and cost is realized. Each of the rectangular wire segment coils has a first region portion and a second region portion connected to the first region portion and formed in the circumferential direction including a bent portion in the circumferential direction of the stator core 10, and a pair of the rectangular wire segment coils adjacent to each other at the coil ends of the plurality of rectangular wire segment coils has a conductive portion to which the first region portion of one of the rectangular wire segment coils and the second region portion of the other of the rectangular wire segment coils are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Tetsuya SUTO, Keisuke TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11601082
    Abstract: A rotary machine driving system includes: a rotary machine including a plurality of coils; an inverter device configured to operate the rotary machine at a variable speed, including a control device for controlling power conversion by an inverter circuit, and a coil switching device for switching a connection of the coils according to the control device. The control device commands the coil switching device to switch the connection of the coils when rotation of the rotary machine transitions between a low-speed rotation range and a high-speed rotation range due to acceleration and deceleration. A starting end and a terminal end of at least one set of coils per phase of the rotary machine are drawn out in a freely connectable state. The coil switching device includes at least one movable portion driven by one actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akeshi Takahashi, Shinji Sugimoto, Kazuo Nishihama
  • Publication number: 20230001780
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine , and an electric wheel using the rotating electric machine, has a rotatably supported rotor and a stator separated by a prescribed gap from the rotor, wherein the rotor has a magnetic pole ring formed from a circular permanent magnet, and a core piece embedded in the permanent magnet. The magnetic pole ring has outer and inner peripheral surfaces formed in a ring shape, wherein one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface is a gap-facing surface that faces the aforementioned gap, and the other is a non-gap-facing surface different from the gap-facing surface. The non-gap-facing surface of the magnetic pole ring is configured from the permanent magnet, the gap-facing surface of the magnetic pole ring is configured containing the permanent magnet and the exposed core piece, and the permanent magnet is magnetized such that the core piece is the magnetic center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto ITO, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Keisuke TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220416709
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a rotating machine drive system comprising a winding switching device, wherein the rotating machine drive system has a relatively simple configuration, allows wear of electrical contacts during switching and sliding to be minimized, and is highly reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Kazuo NISHIHAMA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Katsuhiro HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20220337184
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a winding switching device capable of enhancing the reliability of electrical contact between a movable unit and a fixed unit, and a rotating electrical machine drive system including such a winding switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuo NISHIHAMA, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Katsuhiro HOSHINO, Noriyuki MAEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220224270
    Abstract: A winding switching device switches parallel and series connections of windings of a rotating electric machine, and includes a plurality of electrodes that are connected to the windings and a power source, a movable portion in contact with the plurality of electrodes and includes a plurality of conductor portions, and an actuator that drives the movable portion. According to a contact state between the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of conductor portions, the windings are connected in parallel at a first position of the movable portion, and are connected in series at a second position of the movable portion. The electrodes include a first electrode connected to a first phase winding of the rotating electric machine in the plurality of windings, and a second electrode connected to a second phase winding. The first electrode and the second electrode are adjacent to each other, and form a neutral point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji SUGIMOTO, Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Kazuo NISHIHAMA
  • Patent number: 11233474
    Abstract: A rotating machine drive system includes: a rotating machine that includes a plurality of windings; a phase current detecting circuit that detects a phase current to be supplied to the rotating machine; an inverter device that includes an inverter circuit that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power, and a control device that controls power conversion being performed by an inverter main circuit on the basis of the phase current detected by the phase current detecting circuit, the inverter device operating the rotating machine at a variable speed; and a winding switching device that switches connections of the plurality of windings in accordance with a command from the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akeshi Takahashi, Yoshitaka Iwaji, Shinji Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20220006411
    Abstract: A rotary machine driving system includes: a rotary machine including a plurality of coils; an inverter device configured to operate the rotary machine at a variable speed, including a control device for controlling power conversion by an inverter circuit, and a coil switching device for switching a connection of the coils according to the control device. The control device commands the coil switching device to switch the connection of the coils when rotation of the rotary machine transitions between a low-speed rotation range and a high-speed rotation range due to acceleration and deceleration. A starting end and a terminal end of at least one set of coils per phase of the rotary machine are drawn out in a freely connectable state. The coil switching device includes at least one movable portion driven by one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Shinji SUGIMOTO, Kazuo NISHIHAMA
  • Publication number: 20210384779
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient and highly reliable rotary electric machine. A rotary electric machine includes: a stator around which a plurality of coils are wound; and a rotor which is supported to be freely rotatable with a predetermined gap with respect to the stator. The coil has at least one connection portion per turn in a slot of the stator. Conductors to be connected mutually have steps at the connection portion, and are fitted with other conductors so as to mutually fill the steps. The steps have contact surfaces that come into contact with each other in the slot to be electrically conducted. A thermally expandable sheet capable of pressurizing the coil in a radial direction of the stator is arranged in the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Minori NAGATA, Masanori SAWAHATA
  • Publication number: 20210044238
    Abstract: A rotating machine drive system includes: a rotating machine that includes a plurality of windings; a phase current detecting circuit that detects a phase current to be supplied to the rotating machine; an inverter device that includes an inverter circuit that converts DC power from a DC power supply into AC power, and a control device that controls power conversion being performed by an inverter main circuit on the basis of the phase current detected by the phase current detecting circuit, the inverter device operating the rotating machine at a variable speed; and a winding switching device that switches connections of the plurality of windings in accordance with a command from the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Akeshi TAKAHASHI, Yoshitaka IWAJI, Shinji SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10658905
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotating electrical machine body including a stator, a rotor, a fan configured to circulate a coolant for cooling the stator and the rotor, and a casing containing the stator, the rotor and the fan; and a cooler connected to the rotating electrical machine body. The coolant flows from the machine body into the cooler. The cooler cools the coolant. The coolant flows out of the cooler into the machine body. The cooler has a flow resistance Ra satisfying a relation 0.15<(Ra/Rm)<(P0/P1), wherein Ra is a flow resistance of the coolant in the cooler, Rm is a flow resistance of the coolant in the rotating electrical machine body, P0 is a shutoff pressure of the fan, and P1 is a pressure at an operating point of the fan when the flow resistance Ra of the cooler is assumed to be zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuuichirou Iwano, Masanori Sawahata, Akeshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: D997874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suto, Akeshi Takahashi, Makoto Ito