Patents by Inventor Akihide SHIMMEI

Akihide SHIMMEI 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: 20230369951
    Abstract: To reduce the power supply voltage during induction heating using a coil provided in a stator core. A method for manufacturing a stator according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: disposing a three-phase coil in an annular stator core; and making a three-phase alternating current pass through the three-phase coil, thereby inductively heating the stator core. Capacitors are respectively provided between a power supply configured to supply the three-phase alternating current to ends of the three-phase coil and each one of the ends of coils of respective phases in the three-phase coil, whereby a circuit comprising the three-phase coil serves as a resonant circuit when the three-phase alternating current is made to pass through the three-phase coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki URANO, Akihide Shimmei, Akihide Takehara
  • Patent number: 11808736
    Abstract: The fixing force evaluation method of the present embodiment includes the natural frequency measurement step of measuring the natural frequency of the stator in which the tooth portions and the stator coil are fixed by the insulating paper, and the fixing force evaluation step of evaluating that the fixing force of the insulating paper is larger, when the natural frequency of the stator measured in the natural frequency measurement step is equal to more than a predetermined determination frequency, compared to when the natural frequency is lower than the determination frequency. Thus, since the fixing force of the insulating paper is evaluated in the fixing force evaluation step based on the natural frequency of the stator measured in the natural frequency measurement step, the fixing force of the insulating paper can be evaluated by measuring the natural frequency of the stator without destroying the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Urano, Akihide Shimmei
  • Patent number: 11444519
    Abstract: A resin molding method includes a first step of supplying electricity to and heating a stator coil via a stator terminal in a state that the stator terminal clamped; and a second step of molding an insulating resin at a coil end of the heated stator coil. The first step places the stator terminal on a conducting terminal block in such a state that clamping of the stator terminal by the conducting terminal block and a terminal holding member is released, before supplying electricity to the stator coil, and lifts up and down the conducting terminal block, such that the portion of the stator terminal becomes within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihide Shimmei, Yoshiaki Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20220018813
    Abstract: The fixing force evaluation method of the present embodiment includes the natural frequency measurement step of measuring the natural frequency of the stator in which the tooth portions and the stator coil are fixed by the insulating paper, and the fixing force evaluation step of evaluating that the fixing force of the insulating paper is larger, when the natural frequency of the stator measured in the natural frequency measurement step is equal to more than a predetermined determination frequency, compared to when the natural frequency is lower than the determination frequency. Thus, since the fixing force of the insulating paper is evaluated in the fixing force evaluation step based on the natural frequency of the stator measured in the natural frequency measurement step, the fixing force of the insulating paper can be evaluated by measuring the natural frequency of the stator without destroying the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki URANO, Akihide SHIMMEI
  • Publication number: 20200099281
    Abstract: A resin molding method includes a first step of supplying electricity to and heating a stator coil via a stator terminal in a state that the stator terminal clamped; and a second step of molding an insulating resin at a coil end of the heated stator coil. The first step places the stator terminal on a conducting terminal block in such a state that clamping of the stator terminal by the conducting terminal block and a terminal holding member is released, before supplying electricity to the stator coil, and lifts up and down the conducting terminal block, such that the portion of the stator terminal becomes within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihide SHIMMEI, Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA