Patents by Inventor Akihiro Yamamura

Akihiro Yamamura 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: 10263486
    Abstract: A plurality of coil groups are each configured by connecting a tip portion of a first conductor terminal and a tip portion of a second conductor terminal that is subject to connection therewith using a connecting conductor, and the connecting conductors include: a pair of connecting portions that are respectively disposed so as to contact the tip portion of the first conductor terminal and the tip portion of the second conductor terminal that is subject to connection therewith in a circumferential direction of the tip portions so as to be parallel to the tip portions, and that are joined together with the tip portions; and a linking portion that links the pair of connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakamura, Akihiro Yamamura, Shinkichi Sawa, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190094747
    Abstract: Provided are a lens array, a lens unit, an exposure device, an LED head, and an image forming apparatus. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses arranged so as to form an array. Each of the plurality of lenses is configured so that a contour focal length which is a focal length of a ray incident on a first position separate from an optical axis is longer than a paraxial focal length which is a focal length of a ray incident on a second position in the vicinity of the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10175604
    Abstract: A lens unit includes a first lens array including a plurality of first lens elements. The first lens array satisfies D1?0.25·P1 where P1 is a pitch in a first direction between optical axes of adjacent ones of the first lens elements, and D1 is a displacement amount that is an absolute value of a difference between a first length WE1 from a center position of the first lens array to an end position of the first lens array in the first direction at a first temperature, and a second length WE2 from the center position of the first lens array to the end position of the first lens array at a second temperature higher than the first temperature by 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10075036
    Abstract: The hole diameter of a shaft through hole formed in the rotor core is changed in the axial direction, thereby forming a concave portion whose hole diameter is large and a convex portion whose hole diameter is small in the inner circumferential surface of the shaft through hole; the convex portion is arranged at opening portions on both ends of the shaft through hole; a shaft having ridge-shaped convex portions on a press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the shaft through hole to assemble; the number of points of the concave portion is equal to or more than two; and respective diameter dimensions of the concave portion, the convex portion, and the shaft are set to be the diameter of a main body of the shaft<the diameter of the convex portion<the diameter of ridge-shaped convex portions of the shaft<the diameter of the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Morikawa, Kazuhisa Takashima, Toshihiro Matsunaga, Masayuki Miyaoka, Akihiro Yamamura, Hiroki Maeda
  • Patent number: 10063118
    Abstract: The rotary electric machine includes concentrated winding coil that is configured by winding a conductor wire around a tooth for multiple laps so as to pass through a concave space that is formed by trunk portions and first and second flange portions of first and second insulators, a crossover points of the conductor wire being formed on a coil end of the concentrated winding coil that is positioned above the first insulator, slot-housed portions of the concentrated winding coil that are positioned on two circumferential sides of the tooth being configured such that the conductor wire is arranged in a staggered stacking pattern in multiple rows and in multiple layers, and a varnish being applied to the coil end that is positioned above the first insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yoshida, Michiya Yasui, Toshiyuki Sugai, Shuichi Tamura, Yuki Yamamoto, Masaya Inoue, Akihiro Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10056799
    Abstract: A coil group 23G is composed of windings 23U to 23W for U phase, V phase, and W phase. One ends 23U1 to 23W1 of the windings for the respective phases composing the coil group 23G are connected to respective power supply bus bars 25U to 25W, and the other ends 23U2 and 23W2 of the windings for the phases positioned at both ends in the circumferential direction in the coil group 23G extend toward the other end 23V2 of the winding for the rest of the phases, whereby the other ends 23U2 to 23W2 of the windings for the respective phases are mutually connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Okamoto, Ken Nishikawa, Masashi Nakamura, Akihiro Yamamura, Kota Hirohashi, Yoshiki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 10001720
    Abstract: An exposure unit includes a light-emitting element array and a lens array. The light-emitting element array includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that are disposed in a first direction and each emit a light beam. The lens array faces the light-emitting element array in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and focuses the light beams emitted from the respective light-emitting elements. The following expression [3] is satisfied. A symmetric property, determined from the following expression [1], of a light amount distribution in the first direction of at least one of the light beams focused by the lens array satisfies the following expression [2]. S=|(HL?HR)/(XE/2)|??[1] 0?S?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20180145549
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes: a stator including an outer core, a plurality of inner cores, and a coil accommodated in slots, each slot being surrounded by opposing circumferential side surfaces of tooth portions of adjacent inner cores and by inner circumferential surfaces of projections of the adjacent inner cores; and a rotor. A gap is provided between the circumferential side surfaces of the adjacent inner cores. The coil has a first slot-accommodated portion and a second slot-accommodated portion accommodated in different slots, and a turn portion connecting the two slot-accommodated portions on one end surface, in an axial direction, of a stator core. The turn portion is elastically urged in a direction in which the first slot-accommodated portion and the second slot-accommodated portion move away from each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro HINO, Kohei EGASHIRA, Tetsuya YOKOGAWA, Shinkichi SAWA, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Masaya INOUE, Akira HASHIMOTO, Masashi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9960650
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Tamura, Shuichi Tamura, Akihiro Yamamura, Issei Doi, Hiroyuki Matsuo, Yasukazu Nishimura, Sachiko Kawasaki, Akihiko Mori
  • Publication number: 20180115211
    Abstract: The rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes: a ring-shaped electrically insulating holder in which a plurality of groove portions are formed concentrically; a plurality of strip-shaped electrically conductive members that are formed so as to have strip-shaped bodies that have a rectangular cross section, and that are housed in each of the groove portions; and connecting conductors that each include: a circumferentially extending portion that extends circumferentially at the first axial end of the electrically insulating holder so as to be parallel to the strip-shaped electrically conductive member; and a radially extending portion that extends in a radial direction from an end portion at an opposite end of the circumferentially extending portion from the strip-shaped electrically conductive member by means of a bent portion, the radially extending portion at an opposite end from the bent portion being connected to the coil terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi NAKAMURA, Ryuichi KITORA, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Koichi OJIMA, Masaya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180088256
    Abstract: A lens array includes a plurality of lenses arranged in at least two rows parallel with each other. The plurality of lenses are arranged in a first direction in each row. Each of the plurality of lenses allows light to pass in a second direction. An arrangement center is defined at a center position between the two rows in a third direction perpendicular to both of the first direction and the second direction. Each of the plurality of lenses includes an incident surface and an emission surface. A surface apex of the emission surface is displaced with respect to a surface apex of the incident surface in a direction away from the arrangement center in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180048207
    Abstract: This invention is concerning a rotary electric machine 1, this electric motor 1 being provided with an inner cylinder 2, a rotor 3 provided so as to be rotatable inside the inner cylinder 2, a stator 4 fixed to the inner cylinder 2 and separated via a gap from an outer periphery of the rotor 3, and an outer cylinder 8 that covers an entire periphery of the inner cylinder 2 and forms a space 15, which serves as a coolant passage, in conjunction with the inner cylinder 2, wherein both ends of the inner cylinder 2 and the outer cylinder 8 in an axial direction are fixed to each other by cylinder welding portions 9 formed by welding. Accordingly, a rotary electric machine that is small and light can be obtained at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki OHASHI, Shoichiro NISHITANI, Keisuke MURASE, Akihiro YAMAMURA
  • Patent number: 9893594
    Abstract: Provided is an armature for a rotating electrical machine, which is capable of improving heat dissipation performance of an edgewise coil to enhance efficiency of the rotating electrical machine. The armature for a rotating electrical machine includes: a core including a yoke section and a tooth section that protrudes from the yoke section; an edgewise coil to be inserted onto the tooth section through intermediation of an insulating member, the edgewise coil being formed by winding a rectangular wire having a rectangular conductor cross-section through edgewise bending; and a heat transfer member filled into a gap between the tooth section and the edgewise coil. The armature has different gaps formed at two regions between the tooth section and a long side of the edgewise coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yoshida, Shuichi Tamura, Masaya Inoue, Akihiro Yamamura, Koichi Ojima, Shogo Okamoto, Yutaro Shirai
  • Publication number: 20180007225
    Abstract: A lens unit according to one or more embodiments includes a lens plate member including a plurality of lenses arranged in a first direction; and a light block member provided facing the lens plate member and including a plurality of opening portions arranged in the first direction, the opening portions being provided in one-to-one correspondence with the lenses. A first positioning portion is formed at a first position in first direction of each of the lens plate member and the light block member. The first positioning portion of the lens plate member and the first positioning portion of the light block member align with each other and continuously extend in a second direction along an optical axis direction of the lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170324291
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji TAMURA, Shuichi TAMURA, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Issei DOI, Hiroyuki MATSUO, Yasukazu NISHIMURA, Sachiko KAWASAKI, Akihiko MORI
  • Publication number: 20170302141
    Abstract: The manufacturing method for a rotor includes steps of: applying an adhesive to a first surface of a magnet material member that becomes a permanent magnet after magnetization, the adhesive being applied such that a total thickness of the magnet material member and the adhesive is less than a radial width of a magnet insertion aperture; disposing a rotor core such that an axial direction thereof is horizontal, and inserting the magnet material member into a magnet insertion aperture that is positioned vertically uppermost among the magnet insertion apertures so as to orient the adhesive vertically upward; positioning each of the magnet material members by pressing the magnet material member against an inner wall surface on an outer circumferential side of the magnet insertion aperture after inserting the magnet material member into each of the magnet insertion apertures; and curing the adhesive after the magnet material member is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohisa YOKOTA, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Yoshinobu SUGIMOTO, Shinji SANO
  • Publication number: 20170288480
    Abstract: While lamination of steel sheets to be included in a stator core having a plurality of tooth portions is performed through swaging at yoke portions and through swaging at tooth portions, the stator core is formed in such a way as to include the tooth portion having a portion that is pressed into another steel sheet through swaging and the tooth portion having no portion that is pressed into another steel sheet through swaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi MURAKAMI, Naomi KIKUCHI, Atsushi SAKAUE, Tatsuro HINO, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Shogo OKAMOTO, Shinji NISHIMURA, Masaya INOUE
  • Patent number: 9776427
    Abstract: An exposure device includes an optical system member that forms an image of light from a light emitting element array having multiple light emitting elements arranged, an optical system support part that supports the optical system member, and a restraining member that restrains the optical system member to the optical system support part. The optical system support part has sliding parts, which are able to slide relative to the restraining member, formed on a light emitting element side face and an image forming side face in positions opposing the both end parts or the vicinity of both end parts in a longitudinal direction of the optical system support part, and in the both end parts or in the vicinity of the both end parts in the longitudinal direction, the restraining member is formed between the sliding parts and the optical system member, fixed to the optical system member, and slidable in the longitudinal direction relative to the optical system support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamamura, Eisuke Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20170261881
    Abstract: A lens unit includes a first lens array including a plurality of first lens elements. The first lens array satisfies D1?0.25·P1 where P1 is a pitch in a first direction between optical axes of adjacent ones of the first lens elements, and D1 is a displacement amount that is an absolute value of a difference between a first length WE1 from a center position of the first lens array to an end position of the first lens array in the first direction at a first temperature, and a second length WE2 from the center position of the first lens array to the end position of the first lens array at a second temperature higher than the first temperature by 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170237310
    Abstract: A plurality of coil groups are each configured by connecting a tip portion of a first conductor terminal and a tip portion of a second conductor terminal that is subject to connection therewith using a connecting conductor, and the connecting conductors include: a pair of connecting portions that are respectively disposed so as to contact the tip portion of the first conductor terminal and the tip portion of the second conductor terminal that is subject to connection therewith in a circumferential direction of the tip portions so as to be parallel to the tip portions, and that are joined together with the tip portions; and a linking portion that links the pair of connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi NAKAMURA, Akihiro YAMAMURA, Shinkichi SAWA, Masaya INOUE