Patents by Inventor Akihiko Mori
Akihiko Mori 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).
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Publication number: 20170151976Abstract: A connector assembly body has: on an end surface on an opposite side to an output side of a motor; a large-current connector of a power supply system, with large-current connector being disposed in the same direction as the motor output shaft; a small-current connector of a signal system, with the small-current connector being disposed in the same direction as the motor output shaft; and a component mounting section including at least one of a capacitor and a coil, and the large-current connector, the small-current connector and the component mounting section are disposed separately in respective regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
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Patent number: 9640470Abstract: A common connecting section for connection to terminals at the same potential in circuits is placed outside a mold section to allow a reduction in size of a semiconductor module 1. Since the common connecting section is a portion of a lead frame which would be placed within such a mold section in a conventional semiconductor module, the mold section can be reduced in size as compared with the conventional one, thereby reducing the amount of mold resin and the material cost.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yu Kawano, Akihiko Mori, Yoshihito Asao
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Publication number: 20170114517Abstract: A stand 18 is maintained under a stored posture when the stand 18 is pivoted toward the stored posture side in association with a dumping action of a bucket 13 and a lock mechanism 25 is switched to a locking state. The stand is switched to an in-use posture when the lock mechanism 25 is switched to a releasing state while the stand 18 is maintained under the stored posture by the lock mechanism 25.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Akihiko Mori, Masataka Takagi, Takahiro Yonekura, Masaki Abe
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Publication number: 20170066470Abstract: The motor unit includes a motor case containing a stator and a rotor fixed to an output shaft; the control unit includes a unit case containing constituent members of the control unit that controls the motor unit; the motor unit and the control unit are fixed to each other in such a way that an axle-direction end, at the unit case side, of the motor case is made to abut on an axle-direction end, at the motor unit side, of the unit case and then the both ends are bonded to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
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Patent number: 9586615Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus (1) is provided with a heat sink (5) and an intermediate member (4) whose surface portions are perpendicularly placed with respect to an axial direction of a motor's shaft center, and arranged in such a way that each of power modules (51a, 51b) of a plurality of driving circuits is attached on a surface portion of the heat sink (5) so that an extending direction of a maximum outer dimension of the power modules (51a, 51b) is perpendicular to the axial direction, and each of electric devices (C1a-C1b) of the plurality of driving circuits is attached on a surface portion of the intermediate member (4) so that an extending direction of a maximum outer dimension of the electric devices (C1a-C1b) is perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito Asao, Akihiko Mori
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Publication number: 20170015347Abstract: In an electric power steering apparatus, a control unit includes: a power module that is in surface contact with a heatsink, and in which a plurality of switching elements are mounted internally; a holder that places the power module in close contact with the heat sink, and that also positions the power module; and a controlling circuit board that is disposed so as to be separated axially from the holder, and on which a central processing unit (CPU) is mounted; and the power module is disposed on a first surface of a first side of the holder, and a circumferential surface of a capacitor that suppresses electric power supply pulsation is disposed so as to be in close contact with a capacitor recess portion that is formed on a second surface of a second side of the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20160347354Abstract: In an electric power steering device, a power module includes a plurality of terminals including a motor control terminal and a power supply terminal connected to a power supply, each having a distal end portion being oriented toward a control board. A holder has holes through which the terminals pass. The terminals each have the distal end portion to be connected to the control board. A winding terminal has a distal end portion to be connected to the distal end portion of the motor control terminal. The control unit further includes a junction terminal. The junction terminal and the power supply terminal each having a distal end portion extending from the control board toward the connector assembly are respectively connected to connector terminals of the connector assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20160351480Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor module having an integrated insulating sheet structure, wherein detachment of the insulating sheet can be suppressed and improved reliability of the semiconductor module is achieved, by adopting a structure in which at least one location of the insulating sheet is sunken inside a mold, and a sealing resin body and the insulating sheet of the semiconductor module form a protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Fushie, Yu Kawano, Yoshihito Asao, Akihiko Mori
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Publication number: 20160333545Abstract: A support for and/or a front loader includes a first main frame fixed to one of a left and right side of a vehicle body and a second main frame fixed to the other of the left and right sides of the vehicle body. A rear end of the second main frame is positioned further forward than a rear end of the first main frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta OZEKI, Akihiko MORI, Masataka TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20160174393Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device, including: a connector case; two or more connectors including a power supply connector and another connector, the connectors being mounted to an external side of the case; a control unit mounted to an inner side of the case; and a power supply circuit unit including circuit components mounted to the external side of the case, the connectors being mounted apart from each other. The another connector is connected to the control unit by passing through the case not via the power supply circuit unit. The power supply circuit unit includes power supply conducting bars adjacent to each other on an inner side of the case. The power supply conducting bars are connected to the circuit components and the power supply connector by passing through the case and are also connected to the control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihito ASAO, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20160148862Abstract: A common connecting section for connection to terminals at the same potential in circuits is placed outside a mold section to allow a reduction in size of a semiconductor module 1. Since the common connecting section is a portion of a lead frame which would be placed within such a mold section in a conventional semiconductor module, the mold section can be reduced in size as compared with the conventional one, thereby reducing the amount of mold resin and the material cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yu KAWANO, Akihiko MORI, Yoshihito ASAO
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Patent number: 9346487Abstract: The apparatus herein provided includes a plurality of systems including driving circuits (20a, 20b) for driving motor coils (3a, 3b) corresponding thereto, and a control unit (10) for controlling control values of the driving circuits (20a, 20b), wherein, when a fault occurs in at least one of the plurality of systems including the motor coils (3a, 3b), the control unit (10) decreases a control value of a system(s) in which the fault occurs from an ordinary time control value or stops the drive by the system(s) in which the fault occurs, and also increases a control value of another system(s) in which the fault does not occur to more than an ordinary time control value.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihiko Kimpara, Akihiko Mori, Masaki Matsushita, Jiro Okada
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Patent number: 9270145Abstract: An electric power steering device includes a first housing 6 and a second housing 7, which are respectively provided at both end portions in an axial direction of a stator 2 of the motor 1, for sandwiching the stator 2; and a movement suppressing means 22 that prevents the sandwiched stator 2 from moving in a circumference direction of the stator 2 with respect to the first housing 6 and the second housing 7; wherein at least one of the first housing 6 and the second housing 7 is fitted to a portion of the stator 2, and the movement suppressing means 22 is provided at the portion for fitting.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito Asao, Akihiko Mori
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Publication number: 20150375775Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that a motor frame (20), a housing (25) and a plate (21) are integrally formed in such a way as to be concentric with an output axle (28) of a motor (11) and in that at least one of the motor frame (20), the housing (25), and the plate (21) is formed of magnesium or magnesium alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei USHIO, Yoshihito ASAO, Satoru AKUTSU, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20150311757Abstract: In an armature coil according to the present invention and, more particularly, in an armature coil including a plurality of coil conductors wound around a plurality of slots which are formed in a stator core and opened on the radially inner side, the circumferential width of the plurality of the coil conductors is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape which gets narrower toward the radially inner side and the cross-sectional areas of the plurality of the coil conductors in the slot are each substantially the same and the circumferential width thereof is formed narrower as the coil conductor is arranged toward the radially inner side; and one coil conductor is formed in a convex shape and another coil conductor is formed in a concave shape along the convex shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koji TAMURA, Shuichi TAMURA, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Issei DOI, Hiroyuki MATSUO, Yasukazu NISHIMURA, Sachiko KAWASAKI, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20150300360Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, a heater and a fan heat shield. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port, and the bladed wheel being made of resin. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment. The fan heat shield member is mounted in the fan downwind space in order to cover a part of the bladed wheel that is opposed to the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Naofumi YOKOYAMA, Tsuyoshi YOKOMIZO, Takahiro YAMASAKI, Takashi KASHIHARA, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20150300668Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, and a heater. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space. The blow-out port opposed space is a region opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space. The fan downwind space is a space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Takahiro YAMASAKI, Tsunehisa SANAGI, Naofumi YOKOYAMA, Takashi KASHIHARA, Akihiko MORI
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Publication number: 20150298727Abstract: The apparatus herein provided includes a plurality of systems including driving circuits (20a, 20b) for driving motor coils (3a, 3b) corresponding thereto, and a control unit (10) for controlling control values of the driving circuits (20a, 20b) wherein, when a fault occurs in at least one of the plurality of systems including the motor coils (3a, 3b), the control unit (10) decreases a control value of a system(s) in which the fault occurs from an ordinary time control value or stops the drive by the system(s) in which the fault occurs, and also increases a control value of another system(s) in which the fault does not occur to more than an ordinary time control value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiko KIMPARA, Akihiko MORI, Masaki MATSUSHITA, Jiro OKADA
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Publication number: 20150076950Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor for a magnet type rotating electrical machine includes the steps of: cutting and laminating pieces of the core of the rotor, to thereby form a core (3); mounting the core (3) on a rotating jig (10); forming a magnet piece (2p) into a predetermined shape by sintering; mounting a predetermined number of the magnet pieces (2p) on a regulating jig (20); pressing the magnet pieces (2p) by the regulating jig (20) while rotating the core (3) by the rotating jig (10), to thereby mount the magnet pieces (2p) on the core (3); and adjusting an axial position of the magnet piece (2p) so that an axial end surface of the core (3) and an axial end surface of the magnet piece (2p) are aligned with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito Asao, Masayuki Miyaoka, Ryusuke Katayama, Akihiko Mori
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Publication number: 20140326530Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus (1) is provided with a heat sink (5) and an intermediate member (4) whose surface portions are perpendicularly placed with respect to an axial direction of a motor's shaft center, and arranged in such a way that each of power modules (51a, 51b) of a plurality of driving circuits is attached on a surface portion of the heat sink (5) so that an extending direction of a maximum outer dimension of the power modules (51a, 51b) is perpendicular to the axial direction, and each of electric devices (C1a-C1b) of the plurality of driving circuits is attached on a surface portion of the intermediate member (4) so that an extending direction of a maximum outer dimension of the electric devices (C1a-C1b) is perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshihito Asao, Akihiko Mori