Patents by Inventor Akifumi Sudo

Akifumi Sudo 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).

  • Patent number: 11342823
    Abstract: Provided are a clamp jig for inhibiting an increase in the size of clamping equipment, and reducing the load during clamping by clamping after doing preliminary aligning of a segment end part; a stator manufacturing device; and a method for manufacturing a stator. The clamp jig 40 has a pair of clamp bodies 41, extended in a stator core radial direction, for clamping from both sides in the stator core circumferential direction the end part of an electric conductor, which is inserted in the stator core and welded; and a convex part 42 provided extending in the stator core axis direction at the bottom of the clamp body 41, the convex part being inserted between unwelded electric conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kazuhito Hiraga, Hideaki Onda, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20220072644
    Abstract: A TIG welding device (10) includes a welding robot (11), robot control device (12), welding torch (13), welding control device (14), gas feeder (15), and a height detection device (16). The welding torch (13) is set at a reference position, and the height detection device (16) detects the respective heights of two tip parts (4e). The robot control device (12) drives the welding robot (11) such that a torch electrode (13c) of the welding torch (13) abuts on central part of the higher tip part (4e). When the torch electrode (13c) is moved toward the reference position while power is supplied to the torch electrode (13c), and inert gas flows in the periphery of the torch electrode (13c), arc (AC) is generated in a gap between the tip parts (4e) and the torch electrode (13c). The overall two tip parts (4e) are melted and welded by this arc (AC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichiro Murata, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Akifumi Sudo
  • Patent number: 10992209
    Abstract: A locator-equipped clamp jig capable of suppressing interference between base sections of segments when clamped by the clamp jig, a stator manufacturing device, and a method for manufacturing a stator. The locator-equipped clamp jig has a locator that is provided to part of a main clamp body on a stator core side and has a plurality of protrusions arranged on an upper surface of an electrical conductor that is adjacent, in the radial direction of the stator core, to an electrical conductor being clamped by the main clamp body, the width of the protrusions in the radial direction of the stator core being at least the width of one of the electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Murata, Kazuhito Hiraga, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Akifumi Sudo
  • Patent number: 10644413
    Abstract: A method for joining segments (electrical conductors) includes first and second joining steps. The first joining step includes welding a group of the segments including ends, such that the first group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The second joining step includes welding a second group of the segments including ends, which are composed of the segments whose ends are arranged in a column in the radial direction, such that the second group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The first group includes a segment as a first electrical conductor including the end which is located at the middle portion of a group of the segments including the ends in the radial direction. The second group includes a segment as a second electrical conductor including the end which crosses the first electrical conductor on the opposite sides with respect to the middle portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo, Kazuhito Hiraga, Junya Tachikawa
  • Publication number: 20190351500
    Abstract: A TIG welding device (10) includes a welding robot (11), robot control device (12), welding torch (13), welding control device (14), gas feeder (15), and a height detection device (16). The welding torch (13) is set at a reference position, and the height detection device (16) detects the respective heights of two tip parts (4e). The robot control device (12) drives the welding robot (11) such that a torch electrode (13c) of the welding torch (13) abuts on central part of the higher tip part (4e). When the torch electrode (13c) is moved toward the reference position while power is supplied to the torch electrode (13c), and inert gas flows in the periphery of the torch electrode (13c), arc (AC) is generated in a gap between the tip parts (4e) and the torch electrode (13c). The overall two tip parts (4e) are melted and welded by this arc (AC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichiro Murata, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Akifumi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20190081539
    Abstract: Provided are a clamp jig for inhibiting an increase in the size of clamping equipment, and reducing the load during clamping by clamping after doing preliminary aligning of a segment end part; a stator manufacturing device; and a method for manufacturing a stator. The clamp jig 40 has a pair of clamp bodies 41, extended in a stator core radial direction, for clamping from both sides in the stator core circumferential direction the end part of an electric conductor, which is inserted in the stator core and welded; and a convex part 42 provided extending in the stator core axis direction at the bottom of the clamp body 41, the convex part being inserted between unwelded electric conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kazuhito Hiraga, Hideaki Onda, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20190036428
    Abstract: A locator-equipped clamp jig capable of suppressing interference between base sections of segments when clamped by the clamp jig, a stator manufacturing device, and a method for manufacturing a stator. The locator-equipped clamp jig has a locator that is provided to part of a main clamp body on a stator core side and has a plurality of protrusions arranged on an upper surface of an electrical conductor that is adjacent, in the radial direction of the stator core, to an electrical conductor being clamped by the main clamp body, the width of the protrusions in the radial direction of the stator core being at least the width of one of the electrical conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kenichiro Murata, Kazuhito Hiraga, Takeshi Yanagisawa, Akifumi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20180166796
    Abstract: A method for joining segments (electrical conductors) includes first and second joining steps. The first joining step includes welding a group of the segments including ends, such that the first group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The second joining step includes welding a second group of the segments including ends, which are composed of the segments whose ends are arranged in a column in the radial direction, such that the second group is welded to pairs of electrical conductors. The first group includes a segment as a first electrical conductor including the end which is located at the middle portion of a group of the segments including the ends in the radial direction. The second group includes a segment as a second electrical conductor including the end which crosses the first electrical conductor on the opposite sides with respect to the middle portion in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Yanagisawa, Kenichiro Murata, Akifumi Sudo, Kazuhito Hiraga, Junya Tachikawa