Patents by Inventor Akio Tsumasaka

Akio Tsumasaka 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: 11664706
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine unit includes a rotary electric machine, where a protruding portion extending in an axial direction from a one end side cover portion toward the rotary electric machine is formed at a position below a rotation axis of the rotary electric machine and overlapping with the rotary electric machine. A refrigerant flow lower surface formed on a tip end side of the protruding portion and extending in the axial direction, and a recessed surface adjacent to a base side end portion of the refrigerant flow lower surface and extending in the axial direction at a position recessed upward than the refrigerant flow lower surface are formed below a center of the protruding portion in the upper-lower direction. The refrigerant flow lower surface of the protruding portion is arranged such that an axial central portion overlaps the rotary electric machine in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamaguchi, Akio Tsumasaka
  • Publication number: 20210194327
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine unit includes a rotary electric machine, where a protruding portion extending in an axial direction from a one end side cover portion toward the rotary electric machine is formed at a position below a rotation axis of the rotary electric machine and overlapping with the rotary electric machine. A refrigerant flow lower surface formed on a tip end side of the protruding portion and extending in the axial direction, and a recessed surface adjacent to a base side end portion of the refrigerant flow lower surface and extending in the axial direction at a position recessed upward than the refrigerant flow lower surface are formed below a center of the protruding portion in the upper-lower direction. The refrigerant flow lower surface of the protruding portion is arranged such that an axial central portion overlaps the rotary electric machine in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi YAMAGUCHI, Akio TSUMASAKA
  • Patent number: 9973135
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine control system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotation speed sensor, a temperature sensor, and circuitry. The rotary electric machine includes a rotor. The rotation speed sensor is to detect a rotation speed of the rotor. The temperature sensor is to detect a temperature of the rotary electric machine. The circuitry is configured to classify an operation time during which the rotor rotates based on the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The circuitry is configured to calculate a fatigue degree of the rotor based on the operation time classified. The circuitry is configured to limit the rotation speed of the rotor or output a signal to a user when the fatigue degree exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Tsumasaka, Keisuke Azusawa
  • Publication number: 20170257054
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine control system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotation speed sensor, a temperature sensor, and circuitry. The rotary electric machine includes a rotor. The rotation speed sensor is to detect a rotation speed of the rotor. The temperature sensor is to detect a temperature of the rotary electric machine. The circuitry is configured to classify an operation time during which the rotor rotates based on the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. The circuitry is configured to calculate a fatigue degree of the rotor based on the operation time classified. The circuitry is configured to limit the rotation speed of the rotor or output a signal to a user when the fatigue degree exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio TSUMASAKA, Keisuke AZUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20100237704
    Abstract: A single-phase to n-phase converter and a power conversion system are capable of easily connecting n (n represents an integer of 3 or greater) single-phase electric generators to an n-phase electric power system. The single-phase to n-phase converter includes n (n represents an integer of 3 or greater) single-phase electric generators, and a single-phase to n-phase transformer for converting n single-phase electric power outputs from the n single-phase electric generators into an n-phase system output, and then supplying the n-phase system output to a primary side of the single-phase to n-phase transformer. The n single-phase electric generators are connected to a secondary side of the single-phase to n-phase transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Akio Tsumasaka, Fumihiko Shimazu, Mamoru Kokubu, Katsuhiko Konno